Bridgeport G.A. 2
Standing Orders
Bruce P. Hudock, P.J.

2. A State’s Attorney shall be present in the Courtroom at 10:00 AM each day ready to present cases to the Court.

3. Scheduling of all trials and VOP hearings will be the responsibility of the PJ. All scheduling issues including requests for continuances in the matters of trials and VOP hearings and other specially assigned hearings shall be referred to the PJ.

4. Continuance request shall be granted by a Judge only*. In an effort to keep the “Over Time Standards” statistics at a reasonable rate, continuances should not exceed two weeks except upon showing of good cause. (*Continuance requests for cases appearing on the docket for the first time may be granted by the Clerk’s Office for a period of time not to exceed two weeks.)

5. Any Motion to Vacate a Rearrest shall be referred to the Judge who ordered the rearrest.

6. No case shall be moved to the Pre-trial docket until such time as an offer has been extended by the State and rejected, on the record, by the Defendant.

7. No case shall be placed on the Firm Jury list until it has been pre-tried by the PJ.

8. Once a case has been placed on the Firm Jury list it is presumed to be “trial ready” and is subject to being called in for jury selection at any time.

9. All cases involving gun charges of any kind shall be moved, at arraignment, to the “G” docket and continued to the next Tuesday or Friday.

Standing Orders