ALASKA COURT RULES

(d) Application for Orders. Except as provided in Rule 63, application for any order in an action or proceeding, including appellate proceedings, shall be made to, and ruled upon, by the judge to whom the action or proceeding is assigned. However, application may be made to and signed by another judge if the judge who is assigned the case is not the application concerns a stipulation or available and uncontested motion; a petition for emergency domestic violence injunction; a motion for temporary restraining order or other emergency motion; findings, judgments and orders based upon decisions previously announced by the judge assigned to the case; or other matters when the application is presented to the presiding judge, or in the presiding judge’s absence, to any other available judge within the state, upon good cause shown. (e) Continuances. * (1) All cases set for trial shall be heard on the date set unless the same are continued by order of the court for cause shown. The presiding judge of a judicial district may require that a visiting or pro tem judge obtain approval from the presiding judge before granting any continuance of trial. (2) Unless otherwise permitted by the court, application for the continuance of the trial of the case shall be made to the court at least five days before the date set for trial. The application must be supported by the affidavit of the applicant setting forth all reasons for the continuance. If such case is not tried upon the day set, the court in its discretion may impose such terms as it sees fit, and in addition may require the payment of jury fees and other costs by the party at whose request the continuance has been made. (3) When parties are present in court and ready for trial on the day set for trial, but their case is not reached on that day, they will retain their relative position on the calendar and on the next open trial day they will be entitled to precedence over cases set for trial on the last-mentioned day. (Adopted by SCO 5 October 9, 1959; amended by SCO 36 effective May 8, 1961; by SCO 44 effective February 26, 1962; by SCO 193 effective November 1, 1974; by SCO 229 effective January 1, 1976; by SCO 393 effective January 2, 1980; by SCO 710 effective September 15, 1986; by SCO 717 effective September 15, 1986; by SCO 766 effective March 15, 1987; by SCO 894 effective July 15, 1988; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; by SCO 1172 effective July 15, 1995; by SCO 1279 effective July 31, 1997; and by SCO 1893 effective August 10, 2016) *EDITOR’S NOTE: Subsection (e)(3) of Alaska Civil