Rule 84.20 Communications to Court

If you have a case pending before the court and need to send something like a motion, brief, or letter, you have to send it to the clerk's office, not directly to a judge. The clerk will then make sure the court sees it at the right time.

If you try to contact a judge directly about your case, that communication will be ignored. The court won't consider it at all. The clerk can either send it back to you or pass it along to whoever should handle it, but the judges won't read or act on it.

This rule exists to keep things fair and organized. It stops people from trying to influence a judge outside of the normal process, and it makes sure every communication about a case goes through the proper channel so all parties know what's being submitted to the court.