Honorable Martha M. Snow
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Two Woodward Avenue, Courtroom 1821
Detroit, MI 48226
Phone: 313.224.6889
Staff:
Court Clerk: Natasha O'Neil
Judicial Attorney: Lisa M. Damphousse
Court Reporter: Video
Deputy: Corporal Oliver Cross
ALL ATTORNEYS, ALL LAW FIRMS, AND ALL PARTIES SHALL IMPLEMENT ZOOM CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES IN THEIR OFFICES AND/OR IN THEIR HOMES IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN COURT PROCEEDINGS REMOTELY.
Settlement Conferences: Until further notice, Settlement Conferences will be held via Zoom with Judge Snow. Settlement Conferences will be scheduled in 15 minute increments. For further details, please scroll down to the bottom of this summary and click on the "Court Protocol" button to access Judge Snow's standard protocol.
Notices of Hearing - for all Motions (dispositive and non-dispositive): Until further notice, all Notices of Hearing must indicate that the hearing is being conducted via Zoom at the scheduled date and time. Please also include the following language in your Notices of Hearing:
To join the Zoom hearing, go to www.3rdcc.org/zoom/civil. Scroll down to "Hon. Martha M. Snow" and click "Join Meeting" at the scheduled date and time.
If you have difficulty connecting or need to call in by phone, please call 313.224.6889 for additional details.
Non-dispositive Motions (Friday motions): All newly filed non-dispositive motions should be scheduled for October 18th. Please file your motions as usual and submit a praecipe for each motion for Friday, October 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CHECK YOUR ACCEPTED PRAECIPE TIME SLOT. Once accepted, you may be assigned a different time slot. You will be instructed to file a Re-Notice of Hearing that includes the aforementioned Zoom language as well as your new time slot.
In the event that you no longer need to argue a motion that was previously scheduled or if you would like to request an adjournment, the moving party must contact the clerk, Natasha O'Neil, directly at natasha.oneil@3rdcc.org regarding the same.
Motions for Summary Disposition: All newly filed motions for summary disposition will follow the usual course of scheduling. You can review that process on Judge Snow's standard protocol which is linked below. Please scroll down to the bottom of these updates and click on the "Court Protocol" button to access Judge Snow's standard protocol. Please continue to mail or hand deliver physical Judge's copies of all motions, responses, and replies to the courthouse as usual.
Any additional inquiries regarding motions for summary disposition may be sent directly to Lisa at lisa.damphousse@3rdcc.org. Please copy all attorneys of record on your email in order to avoid any ex parte communications.
In the event that you no longer need to argue a motion for summary disposition or if you would like to request an adjournment, the moving party must contact Lisa directly at lisa.damphousse@3rdcc.org regarding the same. Please copy all attorneys of record on your email in order to avoid any ex parte communications.
Transcripts: To order a transcript from a hearing held before Judge Snow, please contact Court Reporting Services at 313.224.0409.
Email addresses: Judicial Attorney, Lisa M. Damphousse lisa.damphousse@3rdcc.org
Clerk, Natasha O'Neil natasha.oneil@3rdcc.org
NEITHER ATTORNEYS, NOR THEIR STAFF, NOR THE PARTIES SHALL EMAIL JUDGE SNOW DIRECTLY UNLESS YOU WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO DO SO BY JUDGE SNOW HERSELF.
For all other inquiries, please click below on the "Court Protocol" button which will take you to Judge Snow's standard protocol that is always in place regardless of the temporary court closure. Thank you.