SCHEDULING AND CONTINUANCES
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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(a) SCHEDULING. All hearings, conferences and trials shall be scheduled by the judge to whom the case is assigned, except that matters referred to a magistrate judge shall be scheduled by the magistrate judge. Each party is responsible for arranging a conference among the parties to plan discovery in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). (b) CONTINUANCES.
No application for a continuance of a hearing, conference or trial shall be made unless notice of the application has been given to all other parties. An application for a continuance shall be ruled upon by the judge or magistrate judge before whom the hearing, conference or trial is to be held. (c) NOTICE. The Clerk shall give notice to counsel of every matter set by the Court, unless the matter is scheduled orally in open court in the presence of counsel for all parties, in which case further notice is not required.
All scheduling orders pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) must be in writing. 34