• Scheduling Jury Trial Dates (Status Conferences - Date Certain)
• Pending Tax Appeals
• Deposition Dispute Procedures
• Discovery Dispute Procedures
• Trials De Novo Following Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration
• Pre-marking of Exhibits

Notice to all Counsel Scheduling Jury Trial Dates

Status Conference Agreement Forms (Date Certain)
The New Haven J.D. has implemented a system for court ordered filing of status conference agreement forms which will allow counsel and/or pro se parties to select a trial date certain without the need to come to the courthouse.

All parties who have an Appearance on file will be notified of the due-date for the status conference form via the automated judicial notices sent by the Connecticut Judicial Branch. Counsel will be directed to complete and file a Status Conference Agreement Form, which is available by clicking on the link above or from the Jury Case Assignment Office (Room 445) or from the Clerk's Office on the 2nd floor. Counsel must agree upon TWO dates-certain in different weeks between the dates listed on the notice and submit a single status conference agreement, signed by all counsel and/or pro se parties, by: (1) faxing to (203) 789-6829; (2) filing the agreement in person at the Jury Case Assignment Office, Room 445 on the 4th floor; or (3) mailing the agreement to Superior Court, Jury Case Assignment Office, 235 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510. Any request to schedule beyond the listed period should be filed in writing with an explanation and should be directed to the Jury Case Assignment Office in person or to the above fax number, e-mail or mailing address. Faxes are preferred.

The agreement form must be received by the Jury Case Assignment Office on or before the date listed on the notice. On the due-date of the status conference form, the court will assign either one of the two proposed dates for trial, or a date which may vary by up to 2 days from the date chosen. The court will then send notice. The court will also schedule a date for the pretrial approximately one to two weeks before the trial date certain and send notice. If the selected trial date is no longer available, the court will notify counsel to select a new date. However, with VERY few exceptions, cases will be assigned within 2 days of one of the dates requested by counsel.  There is no need to request a list of available dates within the assigned period given on the status conference notice.

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Pending Tax Appeals

All tax appeals pending in the New Haven Judicial District including those in which you have appeared, are subject to the following order:

1. A pretrial settlement conference before a Judge or Special Master will be scheduled for a date certain. Counsel and pro se parties will receive notice of the date and time.

2. Two weeks before the date of the pretrial, each party shall furnish the other with a copy of the appraisal, assessor’s investigation or other documentary evidence (other than exchange of review appraisal reports), on which that party intends to rely at trial, and shall also file with the clerk a list of these documents, but not the documents themselves, and a statement of evaluation. If either party elects to produce a review appraisal report at trial, the review shall be presented at pretrial and the report given to the other party at least four weeks prior to trial. Failure to comply with the above or failure to appear at the pretrial may result in the imposition of such sanctions as nonsuit, default, or preclusion of the use of undisclosed evidence at trial.
   If, after pretrial, the municipality elects to do an appraisal, in addition to the assessor’s evaluation, it shall have four weeks from pretrial date to supply its appraisal to plaintiff. The trial shall be scheduled no earlier than six weeks after pretrial.

3. Counsel for all parties, as well as the parties themselves or their authorized representative, shall be present for the pretrial conference.

4. If the appeal is not resolved at pretrial, it will, at the conclusion of the pretrial, be assigned a date certain for trial.

5. Prior orders of this court staying discovery until the conclusion of the pretrial conference are hereby vacated, provided, however, that any party may, for good cause shown, file a motion requesting that discovery be stayed until after the conclusion of the pretrial. Failure to have completed discovery will not be grounds for a continuance of either the pretrial conference or the trial itself.

Hon. Jonathan E. Silbert, Civil Presiding Judge

Trials De Novo Following Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration

In those cases referred to the Court-Annexed Mandatory Arbitration Program pursuant to Gen. Stats. Sec. 52-549u et seq in which a trial date has already been assigned, when one party demands a trial de novo after the filing of the Arbitrator’s decision, any party who has not made a trial de novo demand may within 15 days of the filing of the trial de novo demand, by letter addressed to the Presiding Judge, Civil (with copies to all counsel and pro se parties of record), request an immediate assignment for trial. In such cases, the court will make every effort to schedule the case for jury selection within the next thirty days.

Jonathan E. Silbert, Civil Presiding Judge

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