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The return date is the court date. The party making the motion chooses the court date and puts it in the Notice of Motion so everyone knows when to come to court.
A motion is heard on a 24 day cycle, meaning that when you file a motion, you can expect that your case will be scheduled before a judge within approximately 24 days. There is often times a motion can be delayed when an adjournment is requested or when the court's calendar requires.
Motions made by notice of motion and petitions and notices of petition in special proceedings are processed by the General Clerk's Office (Room 119) and are to be made returnable in the Motion Submission Part Courtroom (Room 130) on any business day of the week at AM.
Responding papers are due two days before the motion date. If the motion is served sixteen days in advance instead of eight, then answering papers or a cross motion must be served seven days before the motion date. Any reply is due two days before the return date.
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The return date is the court date. The party making the motion chooses the court date and puts it in the Notice of Motion so everyone knows when to come to court. NYSCEF wants to know the court date and has a calendar button to find the court date you picked.
When filing the unredacted document on NYSCEF, choose the “Request to Seal” option when selecting the “Document Type.” The provisional sealing expires, absent court order, after five days.
If I have a procedural question such as “Do you know where that exhibit is?” I will directly address opposing counsel as Mr. or Ms. If it is not on the record, we generally call each other by our first names when we know each other from prior cases or experiences, or are friends.
You would use a motion to disqualify counsel to request that the court remove the opposing party's attorney from the case.
As a caution, any objection to statements made during closing arguments must be timely. As a general rule, failure to promptly make the objection will waive the objection for appeal. There may be an exception to this rule if the comments were so inflammatory that a party was denied a fair trial.