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Rule 166
Trials and Related Matters

Matters Taken Under Advisement

All civil matters taken under advisement by a district judge shall be decided with dispatch. If, however, the matter is not decided within ninety (90) days after final submission, within seven (7) days thereafter the judge shall file with the Judicial Administrator a written report setting forth the title and the number of the case, the nature of the matter taken under advisement, and the reasons why a judgment, ruling or decision has not been entered. The Judicial Administrator may require supplemental reports until final disposition of the matter taken under advisement and shall furnish copies of all reports, upon their receipt, to the appropriate Departmental Justice. (Adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 60-252b.)

When a court is called upon to rule on a motion, the elapsed time between final submission of the motion and the ruling thereon shall not exceed thirty (30) days, except that the ruling time on a motion for summary judgment shall not exceed sixty (60) days. If the ruling on a motion is not entered within the required time, all of the reporting requirements of the preceding paragraph shall apply, with the initial report being filed within seven (7) days after the ruling was to have been entered as required by this paragraph.

[History: Am. effective December 11, 1980; Am. effective July 1, 2010.]