a. Small Claims and Protective Orders shall be heard on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 9:00 a.m. in both counties.

b. Initial Appearances in Criminal cases shall be held each day at 2:00 p.m. At initial appearance, felony cases shall be set for preliminary hearing conferences within 30 days and misdemeanor and traffic cases shall be set on the next scheduled disposition docket.

c. Preliminary Hearings and PH Conferences shall be held in Atoka County each Wednesday and shall be held in Coal County on Thursday except when there is a Motion Docket. PH Conferences shall be held at 9:00 a.m. and Preliminary Hearings shall be held at 10:00 a.m. Preliminary hearings shall be held within 60 days of the Defendant's initial appearance unless by agreement of the parties and for good cause shown to the contrary.

d. Formal Arraignments shall be held on the first motion docket following a preliminary hearing bindover.

e. Motion Dockets shall be held in Atoka County on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesday of each month and in Coal County the Thursday after the Atoka docket each month. The Clerk shall place all pending motions at issue on the first available motion dockets at the following times:

9:00 a.m. Civil Cases and Probate Cases

9:30 a.m. Felony Cases

11:00 a.m. Conflict Cases assigned to Coal County Judge

1:00 p.m. Misdemeanor Cases and Juvenile Cases

2:30 p.m. Family Law

9:00 a.m. Family Law Cases, Guardianships and Misdemeanor Cases

10:00 a.m. Civil and Probate Cases

10:30 a.m. Felony Cases

1:00 p.m. Juvenile Cases

f. Pre-Trial/Scheduling Conferences shall be ordered in all civil cases at issue. All counsel shall submit proposed pre-trial orders and scheduling orders no less than 3 days prior to hearing. Once pre-trial orders and scheduling orders are entered, the Court will not allow deviation from the same without prior Court approval upon a showing of good cause.

g. Telephone Conference Hearings may be allowed and are encouraged with prior approval of the Court so long as an appropriate record may be made. Telephone conference hearings are deemed appropriate for motions, pre-trials and other non-evidentiary hearings where a client's presence is waived and all parties consent. The Court may also permit, in some circumstances, an evidentiary hearing by telephone conference call, using a procedure similar to that authorized by 12 O.S. Sec.3230(C)(6) for depositions, if all parties consent.

h. Annual Judicial Calendar shall be issued each year for the purpose of specifically setting jury terms and courtroom assignments.