RULE 2
COURT SESSIONS

(A) Court is in session daily, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday mornings, except for legal holidays, and as otherwise ordered by the court.

(B) Custody misdemeanor arraignments and arraignments for defendants charged with offenses included in Ohio Revised Code 2943.04.01 or comparable Toledo Municipal Code, repeat DWI's and vehicular or negligent homicides will be held in courtroom #4 at 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. Arraignments for persons summoned or released on personal recognizance or monetary bonds and Traffic court will be held in courtroom #4 at 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Proceedings in aid of execution, miscellaneous civil matters relating to garnishments, replevins and other attachments, license forfeiture hearings and Bureau of Motor Vehicle administrative hearings will be heard in courtroom #3 at 1:00 p.m. Small Claims proceedings will be heard in Courtroom #3 at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; Wednesday through Friday following a Monday holiday. Felony arraignments and preliminary hearings will be heard in courtroom #3 at 9:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, felony cases will be merged with misdemeanor arraignments in courtroom #4, except that no preliminary examinations will be held on Saturdays.

(C) Housing court will be held on Wednesdays for criminal cases with full day sessions on 4 out of 7 weeks in courtroom #6 at 9:00 a.m. The remaining Wednesday sessions will begin at 1:30 p.m. The housing court magistrate will hear forcible entry and detainer cases in courtroom #9 at 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Rent escrow cases will be heard by the magistrate in courtroom #9 at 2:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

(D) The seven judges in Toledo Municipal Court hear cases on a rotation basis, except that all cases involving housing matters will be assigned to the housing judge. The 7 week rotation is as follows: 1 week in courtroom #4 misdemeanor arraignments; 1 week in criminal and civil trials; 1 week as duty judge; 1 week in criminal and civil trials; 1 week in courtroom #3 felony arraignments; and 2 weeks in criminal and civil trials. Court and jury trials will be scheduled on the dockets of the individual judges by the assignment commissioner.