Local Rule LR 1.4: Calendaring Conflicts

LR 1.4 - Calendaring Conflicts a. Counsel's Duty to Notify Court. Within 48 hours of learning of a scheduling conflict between this Court and any other court, counsel must notify the presiding judge or a clerk of this Court. The judge may confer with judges of the other court in an effort to resolve the conflict. While neither this Court nor any other court has priority in scheduling, the judge may consider the following factors in resolving the conflict: 1. whether a case is criminal, with attendant speedy trial concerns, or civil; 2. whether off-island witnesses, parties, or counsel are scheduled to attend a hearing; 3. the age of the case; 4. which matter was set first; and, 5. any other factor that weighs in favor of one court or case over the other.