15 Minutes or More Means Special Set; Reserved Dates Hold 5 Days — Division X
Summary
Judge Suskauer: any matter anticipated to take 15+ minutes must be specially set through the JA; short-matter dates are held for five days, and no hearing gets less than 5 days' notice unless agreed.
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"Any Motion or matter anticipated to take fifteen (15) minutes or more must be specially set" / "Dates and times given on matters of less than fifteen (15) minutes are held for five days" / "no hearing shall be scheduled with less than five (5) days notice unless agreed"
- Official source
- 15th Cir. — Division X Instructions (Judge Suskauer)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
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- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division X Instructions (Judge Suskauer). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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