Pick The Best Day Of The Week For Your Motion Hearing  Do
yourself a favor. Don’t set your big state court motion for
hearing on a Friday. It’s not that judges are itching to get out
the door (though that may be true). Fridays are always the
heaviest motion day of the week in state court. The calendars
are jammed with summary judgement motions because the code
requires them to be heard no later than 30 days before trial
(which ends up being a Friday).  Try Monday, Tuesday or
Wednesday for your motion. On summary judgment, these days also
give you up to two extra days to prepare your reply brief.
That’s because you have to file your reply brief five calendar
days before the hearing. If the hearing is on a Thursday or
Friday, the fifth day before hearing falls on Saturday or Sunday
(when the court is closed), meaning you have to get it on file
by Friday. That short-changes you by one or two days. The same
calendar math does not work for other motions, but Friday is
still a bad day over-all.  government,politics