This page was designed to give you as much information as possible
in scheduling hearings/motions/trials/etc. on the Civil Docket.
Please click on the links below for standard answers to your
questions. We have also provided an email link for the
submission of docket requests via email.
Motions can be NOTICED in 30 minute increments
between 9am and Noon that will not take longer than 30 minutes.
These type of motions are not set with the Civil
Docket Clerk.
Please submit a Notice of Hearing with the date
and time selected and file with the Clerks office of the Norfolk
Circuit Court. Notices must be received at least two days prior to
the date selected for hearing to be placed on the docket for the
selected hearing date.
These motions will be heard by the Duty Judge.
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Motions can be NOTICED for any Friday in 30
minute increments between 9 am and 10:30am. These type of motions
are not set with the Docket Clerk.
Please submit a Notice of hearing with the date
and time selected and file with the Clerk’s Office of the Norfolk
Circuit Court. Notices must be received by Noon on the Friday
before the date selected (one week prior).
Please be advised that there are certain
Friday’s the Court is closed for Holidays and/or Judicial
Conferences and Friday Motions Day is moved to Thursday.
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Motions that may take longer than 30 minutes
must be set with the
Civil Docket Clerk. You must have all parties available dates
prior to contacting the
Civil Docket Clerk.
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Un-contested Divorces are set Monday through
Thursday in 10 minute increments beginning at 9:00am. You must
contact the
Civil Docket Clerk with available dates to set an
Un-Contested Divorce Hearing.
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All Non-Jury trials are set Monday through
Thursday at 9:30 am. All Non-Jury Trials must be set with the
Civil Docket Clerk. You must have all parties available
dates prior to contacting the
Civil Docket Clerk.
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All Jury Trials are set Monday through Thursday
at 9:30 am except on the 1st Wednesday of
every month.
All Jury Trials must be set with the
Civil Docket Clerk. You must have all parties available
dates prior to contacting the
Civil Docket Clerk.
Any Jury Trial to be set for more than 2 days,
must be set with the
Judicial Docket Administrator or call 757.664-4594
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All hearings to be set for any case that is
pre-assigned to a specific Judge must be set with the
Judicial Docket Administrator
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Request for Continuance
of Trial
Any
requests for continuances of Civil (Law or Chancery) bench or jury
trial must be directed to the Judges office of the Honorable Everett
A. Martin, Jr. or the Honorable Mary Jane Hall
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Removal of
Hearings/Motions set by Notice
Motions set
by the requesting party may be removed upon request to the
Civil Docket Clerk. Please contact the
Civil Docket Clerk with case name, case number and hearing date
and time of motion to be removed. Please provide name of caller,
date and time of call for documenting purposes.
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Scheduling
Conferences at 2:30 pm
Cases in
which an Order to Attend a Scheduling Conference are issued by the
Court requiring all parties and/or counsel to appear before the
Court to set a trial date. In order to excuse appearance at the
scheduling conference, a trial date must be set with the
Civil Docket Clerk and a Scheduling Order must be received in
the Clerk’s Office the day before by Noon. The
Civil Docket Clerk will not set any cases after Noon the day
before regarding cases on the docket for a scheduling conference.
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All
general questions regarding the
procedures for setting cases on the civil docket are answered on our
website –
click here.
All cases
to be set with the
Civil Division Docket Clerk, click the link to the left of call
757.664.4395.
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