Local Rule LR6-303. Docket call.

[Related Statewide Rule 5-603 NMRA] A. Docket call for each trial period. Each judge within the district has an annual criminal trial schedule, an integral part of which is the scheduling of a docket call pretrial conference (docket call) in advance of each trial period. B. Appearances required; counsel to confer in advance; authority required. The counsel for the State of New Mexico and trial counsel for the defendant (or child, in juvenile cases) are required to appear at the ordered time for docket call to address the status of pending cases. At each docket call, the attorneys will certify to the court that they have, sufficiently in advance of the docket call, “met and conferred” in good faith with their client and opposing counsel regarding the resolution of the case and its status. Out of town counsel may make arrangements in advance to appear by telephone. The attorney who appears at docket call must be prepared to discuss the status of the case, must have the same authority to make decisions in the case as the attorney of record, must have the calendar of the attorney of record available so matters can be set, and must have conferred with both opposing counsel and the attorney’s client, or sanctions may be imposed on the attorney of record. C. Sanctions. Lack of familiarity with a case at the docket call, failure to have met and conferred in advance of the docket call, or failure to attend a docket call may result in sanctions. D. Client’s appearance. A judge may require the client to also appear at the docket call.