PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING A HEARING TO RESOLVE A DEPOSITION
DISPUTE
Judge Boor will schedule same-day telephonic hearings to resolve parties’ disputes
during depositions whenever possible.
To schedule a same-day telephonic hearing with Judge Boor, follow these procedures:
1. Make one last good faith effort to resolve the dispute without court
intervention. Before calling the court for a hearing, make sure that all parties
agree on what the dispute is. Clarifying the dispute sometimes has a way of
resolving it.
2. Call the clerk’s office to alert the court to the dispute and get a time for the
telephonic hearing: 608-264-5156. Do not expect to be transferred to Judge
Boor immediately. Your hearing will need to be fit into the day’s schedule, so
the clerk’s office will take down your information and then set the hearing at
the soonest available time upon conferring with Judge Boor’s chambers.
3. Provide the clerk with this information:
i. Case name and number
ii. Attorneys who are calling
iii. Witness name and their relationship to the case
iv. Brief description of the dispute
4. The clerk may be able to give you a time for the hearing on the call. But if not,
they will schedule it and send a notification via ECF. The ECF notice will have
the time and the number to call for the hearing.
5. Follow the instructions to call into the hearing at your appointed time. In the
meantime, the parties should make every effort to use their time well while
waiting for the hearing. Ideas include continuing with the deposition in a way
that avoids the disputed issue, or moving a planned break so more testimony
falls after the hearing.
The hearing will be audio recorded, and you can request a transcript of the hearing using
the court’s procedures. Otherwise, if the parties choose, they may have the court reporter
assigned to the deposition transcribe the hearing.
If the parties resolve their dispute before the hearing, they must notify the court
immediately.
