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The Critical Deadlines page contains all the information about deadlines that must be met to ensure the continuation of the case, including statutes of limitation. Some of the information on this page is also presented in a simplified, condensed format in the Pending Critical Deadlines area of the Case Summary page, and it also can be viewed in the Case Calendar or Office Calendar, but the Critical Deadlines page contains much more detailed information, and is the only place where the information can be directly edited.
Most of the statutes of limitation that appear on this page are not added manually from the page, but are instead automatically generated when the case is created. However, it is likely that SOLs will be manually edited from this page to record deadlines subsequent to the initial statute of limitations. See the Case Types administrative page for determining the statutes of limitation that are automatically applied to new cases.
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The Add/Edit Tolling/Extension Panel allows you to fill in the details of a tolling or extension. See Add/Edit Panels for general information about panel structure and usage. This panel contains the following fields:
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The Add/Edit Plaintiff SOL Panel allows you to fill in the details of a plaintiff-centric statute of limitations. See Add/Edit Panels for general information about panel structure and usage. This panel contains the following fields:
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[field with no prompt (Category)]: Which category the critical deadline type is in.
Type: The type of the critical deadline.
Responsible Party: The party responsible for meeting the deadline.
[field with no prompt (Relation to Party)]: How the action governed by the deadline relates to the party to whom it is directed.
[field with no prompt (Party)]: The party or parties to whom the action governed by the deadline is directed. The dropdown contains columns for the name of each party and the party's role in the case.
Due Date: The date of the deadline. When the selection in this field changes, the Calculate field is automatically set to the difference in days between the date in Days From and the date in this field.
Calculate: Used to set the Due Date to a certain number of days after some initial date. When the selection in this field changes, the Due Date field is automatically set to the date in Days From plus the number of days in this field.
Days From: Used to set the Due Date to some number of days after a certain initial datethe date entered in this field. When the selection in this field changes, the Due Date field is automatically set to the date in this field plus the number of days in Calculate.
Date Complied: The date the deadline was met.
Waived: Whether the deadline was waived. If this field is selected, the critical deadline is not considered outstanding, even if it has not been complied with; i.e., it will not appear in the Pending Critical Deadlines area in the case summary. If this field is selected, the critical deadline will appear as Canceled in the Calendar.
Superseded: Whether the deadline has been superseded or not. If this field is selected, the critical deadline is not considered outstanding, even if it has not been complied with; i.e., it will not appear in the Pending Critical Deadlines area in the case summary. If this field is selected, the critical deadline will appear as Adjourned in the Calendar.
Comments: Any comments about the critical deadline.