Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Time for filing disqualification motions

Date: March 16, 2010
Admin: 2009-04
Rule: MCR 2.003
Effective: immediate

As a followup to the Court's November 25, 2009 order, it has now adopted deadlines for the filing of any motion to disqualify a judge or justice:

Trial court - within 14 days of the discovery of grounds
Court of Appeals - within 14 days of assignment of the judge or of the discovery of grounds
Supreme Court -
  • appellant - with the application
  • appellee - within 28 days of the application or within 28 days the discovery of grounds
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