Criminal Trial Terms

Note: The "regular" Pretrial date is 21 days prior to the beginning of the term in accordance with the internal criminal procedures. Magistrate Judges remain free to vary this date in accordance with their schedules. Where possible, the pretrial will be set so that the Magistrate Judge has sufficient time to resolve dispositive motions without the necessity of continuing a case.

2025 Felony Pretrial Schedule
2025 Grand Jury Dates2025 Arraignment Dates2025 Prop. Pretrial Dates
January01/21/2502/12/25
February02/25/2503/12/25
March03/25/2504/09/25
April05/06/2505/21/25
June06/17/2507/09/25
July07/22/2508/06/25
August09/02/2509/24/25
September10/07/2510/15/25
October11/12/2512/03/25
November12/09/2501/07/26
2026 Felony Pretrial Schedule
2026 Grand Jury Dates2026 Arraignment Dates2026 Prop. Pretrial Dates
January01/20/2602/04/26
February02/24/2603/11/26
March03/31/2604/08/26
April05/05/2605/20/26
June06/16/2607/01/26
July07/21/2608/19/26
August08/25/2609/02/26
September10/06/2610/21/26
October11/10/2612/02/26
November12/08/2601/06/27

 

2025 Felony Terms
Montgomery 2025 Dates Dothan 2025 Dates   Opelika 2025 Dates  
01/06/2501/27/2501/27/25
02/03/2502/24/2502/10/25
03/10/2503/24/2503/10/25
04/14/2504/28/2504/07/25
05/12/2505/27/2505/12/25
06/23/2506/09/2506/09/25
08/11/2507/14/2507/14/25
09/08/2508/11/2508/25/25
10/27/2509/08/2509/22/25
11/17/2510/06/2510/03/25
--11/03/2511/03/25
--12/1/2512/1/25

 

Misdemeanor/Petty Offense Schedule
MGM Misd/Arraign DocketFort Novosel Misd/Arraign Docket
2025 Dates2025 Dates
01/14/2501/16/25
03/18/2503/20/25
05/13/2505/15/25
07/15/2507/17/25
09/23/2509/25/25
11/04/2511/06/25
2026 Dates2026 Dates
01/13/2601/15/26
03/10/2603/12/26
05/12/2605/14/26
07/14/2607/16/26
09/15/2609/17/26
11/17/2611/19/26