Mason County Superior Court

		
		
                                                       LCR 7
                                                      MOTIONS


    (b)  Motions and Other Papers.

    (1)  How Made.

    (A)  Motion Docket. There shall be a civil motion docket held according to the published schedule available at
the courthouse or through the Mason County Superior Court Administrator's Office at
http://www.co.mason.wa.us/superior_court.  All civil motions and motions for revision shall be heard on the civil
motion docket.

    The schedule may change.  Parties and counsel are advised to review the current schedule before noting matters
for hearing.  Incorrectly scheduled matters may be stricken.

    (B)  Confirmation Procedures.   For a contested matter to be heard by the court, the hearing must be confirmed
as set forth below.  This includes hearings scheduled by notice of issue or court order, including hearings which are
administratively continued.

    (i)  Confirmations must be made by calling the Clerk of the Court at (360) 427-9670, Ext. 346, or by e-mail at
superiorcourt-confirm@co.mason.wa.us, no later than 10:00 a.m. two (2) court days prior to the civil motion
docket (example: for a motion on Monday, confirmation must be made by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday of the preceding week).

    (ii)  If the deadline for confirmation falls on a court holiday, confirmations shall be made before 10:00 a.m.
on the last court day before the holiday.	

    (iii)  Motions filed by those persons physically confined under a court order shall be deemed confirmed at
filing.

    (iv)  Matters not confirmed may be heard at the end of the docket only at the discretion of the Court and upon
agreement of all parties.

    (C)  Continuance of Confirmed Matters.  Matters confirmed in accordance with paragraph (B) (i) and (ii) are
not subject to continuance, except with permission of the Court.  If not heard, these matters shall be stricken and
may be re-noted by the moving party.

    (D)  Time Limits.  Arguments on motions other than summary judgment shall be limited to ten (10) minutes
per side.  Arguments which will exceed the time limit of this rule, if allowed by the Court, will ordinarily be
placed at the end of the docket.


[Amended effective 9-1-2010; 9-1-2012; 9-1-2013; 9-1-2015]