In the case of APPLEGATE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. APPLEGATE ESTATES, LLC Et Al your lawyers on September 26, 2026 filed a Certificate of Closed Pleadings even though hearing is scheduled for October 26, 2026. What this could mean:
- In a Connecticut Superior Court civil case, you can file the Certificate of Closed Pleadings (JD-CV-11) within 10 days after the pleadings are closed as to every issue and every party. Connecticut Judicial Branch guidance states that either party may complete the certificate once “the pleadings are closed.” Filing the certificate tells the clerk that the case is ready to be placed on the trial list, unless it has already been scheduled. Usually, pleadings are closed when the last permitted responsive pleading has been filed—or the deadline to file it has passed—and no further pleading is required. With motions pending this appears to be jumping the gun.
- Zeller Needle & Cooper lawyers are posturing (and billing) in a bubble with scant contact with Kahan & Feld LLP (Mastrianni’s lawyers).