Review of Cases; Dismissal; Rulings on Motions and Submitted Cases

(A) Review; dismissal; rulings. (1) Each trial judge shall review, or cause to be reviewed, all cases assigned to the judge. Cases that have been on the docket for six months without any proceedings taken in the case, except cases awaiting trial assignment, shall be dismissed, after notice to counsel of record, for want of prosecution, unless good cause be shown to the contrary. (2) All cases submitted for determination after a court trial shall be decided within ninety days from the date the case was submitted. (3) All motions shall be ruled upon within one hundred twenty days from the date the motion was filed, except as otherwise noted on the report forms. (4) All child support hearings involving an obligor or obligee called to active military service in the uniformed services, as defined in section 3119.77 of the Revised Code, shall be heard within thirty days from the date the court receives notice that the obligor or oblige has requested a hearing. (B) Reporting. (1) Each judge shall report to the administrative judge decisions that have not been ruled upon within the applicable time period. The administrative judge shall confer with the judge who has motions pending beyond the applicable time period and shall determine the reasons for the delay on the rulings. If the administrative judge determines that there is no just cause for the delay, the administrative judge shall seek to rectify the delay within sixty days. If the delay is not rectified within sixty days, the administrative judge shall report the delay to the Case Management Section of the Supreme Court. (2) In a single-judge court, if the judge has not rectified the delay, the judge shall report the delay in the rulings to the Case Management Section within one hundred eighty days from the date of the filing of the overtime motion or the submission of the case. (3) All reports submitted to the administrative judge and the Case Management Section under this rule shall be available for public access pursuant to Sup. R. 44 through 47. (C) Assigned judges. The provisions of this rule apply to judges sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Commentary (July 1, 1997)