Judge Jarz Standing Orders (Small Claims/Evictions/Post-Judgments)- updated 3/19/2026
- Court attendance is required in-person or by attorney for each party for first appearances on return date stated in summons where service of summons has been achieved and for any 1:30 P.M. bench trials. Parties must bring all exhibits, witnesses and evidence to the scheduled bench trial date. Photos, videos, text messages, e-mails or documents stored on cell phone should be downloaded, printed or stored to thumb drive for presentation to court.
- Zoom appearances shall be allowed for initial presentation of motions, agreed orders, uncontested status or scheduling hearings. Attorneys are not allowed to address more than five cases per call-date on Zoom. Zoom is not to be used for matters that are subject to Pre-Court procedure described below. Zoom attendance will be called any time after the commencement of the 9:00 A.M. call but after attorneys or self-represented litigants that are present in court in person have been addressed or given opportunity to speak. Cases requiring assistance from official court language interpreters may be given precedence over other matters.
- Contested motions where briefs or pleadings relied upon have been previously filed with the court at least one week prior to scheduled contested hearing may be attended by Zoom with prior express consent of the Court. True emergency situations such as hospitalization, sudden disabling injury or illness or traffic accident may allow for Zoom attendance to request continuance on conditions set by Court, and continuance is not guaranteed.
- When appearing via Zoom, attorneys and litigants must display their entire proper name, inform the Clerk of their case number, remain muted until addressed by the Court, and turn on their camera with their face displayed when addressed by the Court. Court appropriate dress and background setting must be utilized to avoid default.
- Each attorney/law firm is limited to scheduling a maximum of sixty (60) cases per court date. This is to assist all parties in scheduling timely and convenient dates.
- The Court encourages the use of Pre-Court starting at 8:30 A.M. located in the meeting room outside of Courtroom 1002. The following are accepted in Pre-Court:
- Alias Summons;
- Alias Wage Deductions;
- Alias Citations;
- Continuing of Citations and Wage Deductions;
- Status Dates, Continuing Status Dates, and Striking/Dismissing;
- Dismissals with and without Prejudice;
- Dismissals of Rule and Citations/Wage Deductions
- Orders may be uploaded to Odyssey e-file or submitted in Court. Orders uploaded to Odyssey e-file will not be approved and signed prior to presentment in Court without a signed and filed motion by Plaintiff counsel with signed stipulation of the parties and notice to Defendant. Orders seeking voluntary dismissal without open court presentation that also strike trial dates or future dates must be filed and sent to Defendant at least three days prior to previously set dates.
- All motions to seal an eviction file shall be addressed in open court on the record.
- All Motions are to be set and noticed for 10:30 A.M. Motions must be scheduled for presentation on the 10:30 A.M. motion call on a date no more than 30 days from the date stated in the sworn certificate of service for the Notice of Motion.
- The Court does not require or accept courtesy copies of pleadings. The Court reviews and considers the electronically filed briefs, citations to authority, exhibits and pleadings for contested motions or matters that are substantive in nature that are timely filed at least five days prior to a scheduled hearing.
- The Court's schedule is as follows: (1) 9:00 A.M. Return and Status; (2) 10:30 A.M. Motions and hearings on motions; (3) 1:30 P.M. trials, hearings, and pre-trial conferences as expressly set by the Court.