With the exception of legal holidays and unless otherwise ordered by the Court, motion hour shall be held on the First and Third Thursdays of each month in Magoffin County and the Second and Fourth Thursdays of each month in Knott County commencing at the hour of 10:00 A.M. The Court shall first call the entire motion docket, at which time, counsel shall advise the Court as to whether a pending motion requires an oral argument or evidentiary hearing. Those motions requiring neither oral argument nor evidentiary hearing shall be ruled upon during the first call. Thereafter, the docket shall be recalled for those cases requiring oral arguments or evidentiary hearings.

Except in extraordinary cases upon good cause shown, only those motions which have been filed with the Knott or Magoffin Circuit Clerk and opposing counsel on or before the close of business hours on Monday preceding the Thursday Rule Day shall be heard. All motions filed thereafter shall be passed to the next following scheduled Rule Day of the Court. Any response to properly filed motions must be filed with the Knott or Magoffin Circuit Clerk and delivered to opposing counsel at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time said motion is scheduled for a hearing.

All motions and other hearings in the cases of this Court shall be heard or held in the Circuit Courtroom, located in the county in which the case is pending, except in cases requiring immediate, extraordinary relief or in other cases for good cause demonstrated through appropriate affidavits, hearings may either be held at Hindman, Kentucky; Salyersville, Kentucky, or such other places as the Court may direct.