Motion for Continuance - Superior Court of the District of Columbia

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — CIVIL DIVISION

Case No.: [____________________] Judge: [____________________]

Next court date: [__/__/____]

MOTION

[PARTY NAME] moves under D.C. Superior Court Civil Rule 16(k) to continue the
[trial or Rule 16 conference: ____________________] currently set for
[__/__/____] at [time: ______] to [proposed date: __/__/____] or another date
set by the court. The specific and sufficient reasons are:

1. [What prevents attendance or proceeding on the scheduled date: ___________]
2. [When the circumstance arose and steps taken to address it: ______________]
3. [Prior continuances and their dates, if any: _____________________________]
4. [Why the proposed new date is needed and its effect on other parties: ____]

Timing: This application is made [____] days before the scheduled trial or
conference. If fewer than 30 days, the circumstances arose later as follows:
[____________________________________________________________].

Reasonable notice to all other parties of an intended trial continuance:
I certify that I gave every other party reasonable notice of the intent to
seek this trial continuance, as follows:

Rule 12-I consent discussion: I made a good faith effort to discuss this
nondispositive motion with other parties and narrow any disagreement. The
contacts, times, methods, and responses are listed above. Their positions are:
[____________________________________________________________].

Scheduling order changes requested, if any:

If a scheduling order must be modified, good cause exists because
[____________________________________________________________].

Existing scheduling order attached: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable

Detailed discovery plan for any scheduling order modification:
[methods, persons or materials, and completion dates: ______________________]

The moving party asks the court to grant the continuance and enter the
proposed order below. Until an order granting continuance is docketed, the
original trial or conference date remains in effect under Rule 16(k)(3).

Date: [__/__/____] Signature: [________________________________]

Attorney: [________________________________] D.C. Bar No.: [____________]

Address: [________________________________]

Telephone: [________________________________] Email: [________________________________]

Counsel for: [________________________________]

[PROPOSED] ORDER

The court grants the motion for continuance and ORDERS that the
[trial or conference: ____________________] set for [__/__/____] is continued
to [__/__/____] at [time: ______]. The scheduling order dated [__/__/____] is
modified only as follows: [________________________________]. All other dates
and terms remain in effect.

Persons to receive the order, including postal addresses for persons who
cannot be served electronically:

Date: [__/__/____] Judge's signature: [________________________________]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify as a member of the Bar of this court that on [__/__/____] I served
this motion and proposed order on the persons below by the methods stated.
Rule 5-I(b) does not require separate proof of service through the court's
electronic filing system.

Delivery to assigned judge: ☐ Delivered [date and manner: ____________________] ☐ Not required for this filing

Signature: [________________________________] D.C. Bar No.: [____________________]

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• D.C. Superior Court Civil Rule 16: https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/rules-superior-court/Civil%20Rule%2016.%20Pretrial%20Conferences_%20Pretrial%20Status%20Conferences_%20Scheduling_%20Management.pdf
• D.C. Superior Court Civil Rules 12-I, 5, and 5-I: https://www.dccourts.gov/superior-court/superior-court-resources/rules-of-the-superior-court