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Rule 3. Information and Data to Be Furnished to Administrative Director and Presiding Judges.
(a) Justices, judges, masters, magistrates, clerks of the courts, and all other officers and employees of the court system shall comply with all requests made by the administrative director for information and statistical data concerning cases of such courts and such other information as may reflect the business transacted by them.
(b) Each area court administrator, or the presiding judge in those judicial districts not having an area court administrator, shall maintain a current list of all matters under advisement in the superior and district courts in the judicial district. The clerk of the appellate courts shall maintain a list of all matters under advisement in the supreme court and the court of appeals. Such lists shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the justice, judge or master having such matter under advisement;
(2) The date upon which each matter was referred to the justice or judge for decision or, in the case of a master, for preparation of report;
(3) The nature of the decision or matter under advisement;
(4) The title of the action; and
(5) The court's file number.
(c) In each judicial district such lists shall be circulated on a weekly basis among the judges and masters regularly assigned to that judicial district, and a copy thereof sent to any other judge or master whose name appears thereon, and to the administrative director. The clerk of the appellate courts shall circulate the list maintained for the supreme court on a weekly basis among the justices and to the administrative director, and the list for the court of appeals on a weekly basis among the judges of that court and to the administrative director.
(d) Judges of the superior and district courts and masters under continuing appointment shall submit a weekly report to their area court administrator or presiding judge, identifying the matters that are under advisement, and providing the information required by paragraphs (b)(1) - (5) of this rule.
(e) Judges or masters having a motion under advisement more than 10 calendar days from the date submitted, or having a decision following trial of a case under advisement more than 30 calendar days from the date submitted, shall submit in writing to the presiding judge of their judicial district an explanation of the circumstances justifying the delay and the date on or before which such motion or case shall be decided.
(f) Justices or judges who disqualify themselves for cause shall set forth the specific reasons for the disqualification in writing. Superior court judges or district court judges shall send the statement of reasons to the presiding judge of their judicial district and a copy of the statement to the administrative director. A court of appeals judge shall send the statement of reasons to the chief judge of that court and to the clerk of that court. The chief judge of the court of appeals or a presiding judge of the superior court shall send the statement of reasons to the chief justice and a copy of the statement to the administrative director. A supreme court justice shall send the statement to the other justices and to the clerk of the appellate courts.
(Adopted by SCO 412 effective July 1, 1980; amended by SCO 443 effective November 13, 1980; by SCO 554 effective April 4, 1983; by SCO 629 effective September 15, 1985; and by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994)
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