NEW CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) - effective January 1, 2025

     The New AO requires Civil Circuit jury trial cases to be resolved within 18 months, and Civil Circuit non-jury trial and Civil County cases to be resolved within 12 months. The AO also includes a case management order that must be served by Plaintiff at the beginning of the case, with other deadlines and will be strictly enforced. If you handle civil cases in the Second Circuit, please read the attached Second Circuit AO 2024-08. Additionally, the new civil rules include significant changes to case management, discovery, conferral requirements and motions for summary judgment.  Please see the links on the left for those new rules.