Circuit Court for Baltimore City Filing Rules

Counsel must file a written line identifying agreements that change any date or deadline in the existing Scheduling Order.

Defendants must file discovery-adequacy motions within 28 days of receiving discovery, and plaintiffs must respond within 8 days.

For each plaintiff, plaintiff's counsel must serve documents on Whiteford, Taylor & Preston for all defendants in accordance with the Master Pre-Trial Schedule.

A written motion to modify the scheduling order must be filed within 15 days of the order; after that period, modification requires a written motion showing good cause and diligence despite the inability to meet the schedule.

A pro se party may elect to participate in eFiling and, upon doing so, receives law-firm access and functionality but must follow the same conditions as a law-firm user.

Official service to non-subscribers by U.S. mail costs 10 cents per page plus postage, subject to a $2 minimum.

A party objecting to the amendment must provide a courtesy copy to chambers when filing the objection.

The Mitchell Courthouse clerk can be reached at (410) 396-5188 during stated business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

A party objecting to the amendment must file and serve a show-cause writing of no more than three pages by the close of business on March 30, 1993, with a courtesy copy to chambers.

Electronically filed pleadings, papers, and documents are digitally converted by the vendor to PDF.

After reviewing pre-judgment attachment papers, Magistrate Walsh will conduct a screening conference and, if no agreement is reached, recommend a disposition to the Civil Motions Judge.

If the objection remains uncured seven days after the meet-and-confer, the requesting and objecting counsel must submit one status report covering all disputed removal requests.

A motion to seal documents must be electronically filed and served on all parties.