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Here's a plain English summary of this rule:
Even when a case goes to arbitration, it doesn't disappear from the court's radar. The case stays on the court's regular schedule, including any trial dates that have been set. This means the court keeps tracking the case as if arbitration wasn't happening at all.
The judge is still available to handle any issues that come up before trial. If you have a pretrial matter that needs a judge's attention, like a dispute over evidence or a scheduling conflict, you can still bring it to the court even while arbitration is going on. Arbitration doesn't put the whole case on pause or take the judge out of the picture entirely.
This setup gives people some flexibility. It means that if arbitration doesn't work out or takes longer than expected, the case is still moving forward on the court's calendar, so nothing gets lost or delayed indefinitely.
