ACGCSCLR 2
               Law and Motion Day- CR 40 (a) and CR 77 (f)


  (A) Day Established.  Except as otherwise ordered by the
      Court, Monday of each week shall be the general Law and
      Motion Day in Asotin County for any civil or criminal
      hearing ten (10) minutes total time, or less.  A preference
      shall be given to uncontested matters lasting two (2)
      minutes, or less, and for parties with only one case on the
      docket.  For the counties of Garfield and Columbia, Law and
      Motion Day will generally be held on the first and third
      Thursdays of the month.  When Law and Motion Day falls on a
      legal holiday, the motion day may be moved or cancelled.
      Dependencies in Asotin County will generally be held on the
      first Tuesday of each month.  The presiding Judge will
      publish a list of Law and Motion Days for the following
      calendar year by November 1 each year.

  (B) Schedule for Asotin County.  The Court will conduct the
      Monday docket according to the following schedule:

       (1) 9:00 a.m.  Adult criminal docket (appearance mandatory):
           arraignment, entry of plea, omnibus hearings,
           settings, bond hearings or reviews, change of plea and
           sentencing, et cetera.

       (2) 1:30 p.m.   Civil Matters:  All matters ten (10)
           minutes or less except hearings for which a special docket
           exists.  Note: adoptions are held on the record in chambers
           in closed session.

       (3) 2:30 p.m.  Paternity cases and child support.

       (4) 3:00 p.m.  Domestic violence and anti-harassment full order hearings.

       (5) 3:30 p.m.  Juvenile Court  (appearance mandatory with
           parent or guardian): first appearances; arraignments; guilty
           pleas; dispositions; motions; fact finding assignments;

       (6) 4:00 p.m.  Truancy matters (appearance mandatory with
           parent or guardian.)

  (C) Schedule for Garfield and Columbia Counties.  The first
      and third Thursdays of each month are generally the regular
      Law and Motion Days.  Garfield County (all cases) shall
      begin at 9:00 a.m.  Columbia County civil shall begin at
      11:00 a.m., dependencies at 1:15 p.m., adult criminal
      (appearance mandatory) at 1:30 p.m., and all juvenile
      criminal and truancy cases (appearance mandatory with parent
      or guardian) at 2:30 p.m.

  (D) Special Settings.  Motions and other matters requiring
      more than 10 minutes total time shall be specially set by
      the Court Administrator, currently the Presiding Judge.

  (E) Calendar/Docket.  The Clerk of Superior Court shall
      prepare a Law and Motion calendar/docket two business days
      before a Law and Motion Day to include the type of hearing,
      case number and caption of the case, and the names of any
      attorneys appearing for the respective parties.   A copy of
      the calendar/docket shall be available in the clerk’s office
      one business day before Law and Motion Day.  Copies shall be
      available on counsel tables on Law and Motion Day.

  (F) The clerk shall keep a daily calendar/docket for the
      Court of all matters for which a hearing has been set.

  (G) The clerk will furnish to counsel of record a copy of
      the Court’s Scheduling Order in all criminal cases.

  (H) Appearance by Telephone.  Counsel or a party may appear
      telephonically for a single case on a law and motion docket
      with prior leave of the Court by calling the Court at 509-243-2082.

  (I) Appearance by video and/or telephone.  The Court may
      routinely order court appearance by a person in custody or
      detention by video and/or speaker telephone in any matter
      except a trial, fact finding, or a hearing involving live
      testimony pursuant to applicable rule.


(Effective 9/1/03)