Potter County District Courts Chambers Communication Rules
13 rules from official source documents
Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.
CRITICAL
An attorney must promptly call the affected judges' attention to all known conflicting settings.
It is the duty of an attorney to call the affected judges' attention to all dual settings as soon as they are known.
CRITICAL
Failure to hold or adequately attempt the required pre-notice deposition conference is grounds to quash the deposition.
(1) Failure to hold such conference or to make adequate attempts to hold such conference prior to noticing a deposition will be grounds to quash the deposition.
CRITICAL
Before noticing an oral deposition, the seeking party must attempt to communicate with opposing counsel about the deposition date, time, place, and materials to be furnished.
(a) A party seeking an oral deposition must first attempt to communicate with opposing counsel to determine whether an agreement can be reached as to date, time, place, and material to be furnished at the time of deposition.
CRITICAL
A pro se litigant may not communicate with the judge outside the courtroom unless everyone involved is present, and the court will return and disclose any ex parte communication.
Do not attempt to communicate directly or through another person to the judge outside of the courtroom. That means you should not call the judge on the phone, leave messages, send a letter, fax or email message or talk to the judge face-to-face. The only time you may communicate wwith the judge is if everyone involved in the case is present. Also you may write something to the judge if you send a copy of it to everyone else in the case (see paragraph 5 and 7 below). Any communication that does not include everyone else in the case is called an ex parte communication and is not allowed. The Court will return any ex parte communication to you unread and will notify the other side of your attempt to communicate with the Judge.
CRITICAL
- Contact
All hearing settings must be scheduled through the Court Administrator by email, including settings included in a judge-signed order.
All settings for hearings must be scheduled through the Court Administrator via email, even those included in an order signed by a judge.
CRITICALCriminal cases
FAILURE TO CHECK IN WILL RESULT IN A BOND FORFEITURE AND A WARRANT BEING ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST.
FAILURE TO CHECK IN WILL RESULT IN A BOND FORFEITURE AND A WARRANT BEING ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST.
CRITICALCriminal cases
- Contact
- Phone to clerk
- Phone
- 806-379-2360
Defendants must call and check in between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month; the court will not contact them if they fail to do so.
Check-in between 8:30 am and 9:30 am every month on the first Friday of the month. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL AND CHECK IN-THE COURT WILL NOT REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE FAILED TO CHECK IN.
CRITICALCriminal cases
- Contact
- Phone to chambers
- Phone
- 806-379-2360
PR bond defendants must call 806-379-2360 between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on the first Friday of every month and ask for Krisha Stidger or Steve Davis; the court will not initiate contact if the defendant fails to check in.
Check-in between 8:30 am and 9:30 am every month on the first Friday of the month. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL AND CHECK IN- THE COURT WILL NOT REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE FAILED TO CHECK IN. CALL 806-379-2360 and speak with Krisha Stidger or Steve Davis.
CRITICAL
- Contact
All hearing settings must be scheduled through the Court Administrator by email, including settings included in a judge’s order.
All settings for hearings must be scheduled through the Court Administrator via email, even those included in an order signed by a judge.
WARNING
An attorney must promptly call the affected judges' attention to all known dual settings.
It is the duty of an attorney to call the affected judges' attention to all dual settings as soon as they are known.
WARNINGCriminal cases
PR bond defendants are responsible for notifying the court whenever their address or contact information changes.
If your address changes or contact information changes, it is your responsibility to notify the Court.
WARNINGCriminal cases
Defendants must notify the court when their address or contact information changes.
If your address changes or contact information changes, it is your responsibility to notify the Court.
INFO
- Contact
Email is the Court’s preferred method of communication (stidgerk@pottercscd.org). Please include all parties on court communications, or their attorneys (if represented by counsel).
Email is the Court’s preferred method of communication (stidgerk@pottercscd.org). Please include all parties on court communications, or their attorneys (if represented by counsel).
How may parties contact Potter County District Courts?
Potter County District Courts: An attorney must promptly call the affected judges' attention to all known conflicting settings.
Judge Dee Johnson: A pro se litigant may not communicate with the judge outside the courtroom unless everyone involved is present, and the court will return and disclose any ex parte communication.
Judge Titiana D. Frausto: FAILURE TO CHECK IN WILL RESULT IN A BOND FORFEITURE AND A WARRANT BEING ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST.
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