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Civil Trial Terms by Judge
| Honorable Chief Judge Emily C. Marks | ||
| Montgomery 2025 Dates | Dothan 2025 Dates | Opelika 2025 Dates |
| 3/3/25 | 1/27/25 | 2/10/25 |
| 6/23/25 | 4/28/25 | 5/12/25 |
| 9/8/25 | 7/14/25 | 8/25/25 |
| -- | 10/6/25 | 11/3/25 |
| Montgomery 2026 Dates | Dothan 2026 Dates | Opelika 2026 Dates |
| 1/20/26 | 1/5/26 | 2/2/26 |
| 4/20/26 | 4/6/26 | 5/4/26 |
| 9/14/26 | 7/7/26 | 8/3/26 |
| -- | 10/19/26 | 11/2/26 |
| Montgomery 2026 Dates | Dothan 2027 Dates | Opelika 2027 Dates |
| 1/4/27 | -- | -- |
| Honorable Judge R. Austin Huffaker | ||
| Montgomery 2025 Dates | Dothan 2025 Dates | Opelika 2025 Dates |
| 1/6/25 | 3/24/25 | 1/27/25 |
| 5/12/25 | 6/9/25 | 4/7/25 |
| 11/17/25 | 9/8/25 | 7/14/25 |
| -- | 12/1/25 | 10/6/25 |
| Montgomery 2026 Dates | Dothan 2026 Dates | Opelika 2026 Dates |
| 2/2/26 | 3/2/26 | 1/5/26 |
| 6/22/26 | 6/1/26 | 4/6/26 |
| 11/16/26 | 9/28/26 | 7/7/26 |
| -- | 12/7/26 | 10/19/26 |
| Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson | |||
| Montgomery 2025 Dates | Opelika 2025 Dates | Montgomery 2026 Dates | Montgomery 2027 Dates |
| 1/6/25 | 6/9/25 | 2/2/26 | 2/1/2027 |
| 2/3/25 | -- | 3/9/26 | -- |
| 4/14/25 | -- | 5/11/26 | -- |
| 5/12/25 | -- | 8/3/26 | -- |
| 8/11/25 | -- | 11/16/26 | -- |
| 9/8/25 | -- | -- | -- |
| 11/17/25 | -- | -- | -- |
| Honorable Judge W. Keith Watkins |
| Montgomery 2025 Dates |
| 02/12/25 |
| 05/05/25 |
The Magistrate Judges set consolidated jury terms. This means that all the Magistrate Judges cases set during approximately a two-week period will have juries selected on a single date. The Magistrate Judges do not set cases seriatim during a term. Rather, a definite trial date is or will be set for each case. The dates listed below represent the dates for jury selection. Each day is a Monday unless the Monday is a holiday -- in which case jury selection may begin on the Wednesday following the holiday. Jury selection begins at 10:00 AM.
| Magistrate Judges (Combined) | ||
| Montgomery 2025 Dates | Dothan 2025 Dates | Opelika 2025 Dates |
| 4/14/25 | 2/24/25 | 1/27/25 |
| 8/11/25 | 5/27/25 | 6/9/25 |
| 12/15/25 | 10/6/25 | 11/3/25 |
| Montgomery 2026 Dates | Dothan 2026 Dates | Opelika 2026 Dates |
| 4/20/26 | 2/2/26 | 1/5/26 |
| 8/3/26 | 5/4/26 | 6/1/26 |
| 12/14/26 | 10/19/26 | 11/2/26 |