# The Best Motion for Continuance filed this month... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056 "2009-12-30T16:37:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/1 "2009-12-30T16:37:54Z")
Or maybe not (warning, PDF link) > **[Roll%20Tide%20delay%20request.pdf](https://media.al.com/bn/other/Roll%20Tide%20delay%20request.pdf)** > > 172.75 KB I particularly like paragraph 9. Article found here: > **[Lawyer asks that trial be delayed because of big Alabama football game; judge...](https://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/12/your_honor_its_the_big_game_la.html)** > > A Bessemer judge said he intends to grant a continuance sought by attorneys who don't want to miss Alabama's national championship football game Jan. 7. The Court granted the motion, even though the Judge is an Auburn fan. **ROLL TIDE!** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/2 "2009-12-30T16:47:24Z")
Awful spelling and grammar, but a solid grasp of priorities? Yep, that’d be an Alabama fan. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/3 "2009-12-30T16:51:58Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Awful spelling and grammar, but a solid grasp of priorities? Yep, that’d be an Alabama fan. Aw lighten up. It’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/4 "2009-12-30T17:13:36Z")
I wasn’t being sarcastic. Guy’s got his priorities right! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/5 "2009-12-30T17:17:55Z")
Ah. That would explain that whooshing noise I heard then. 😃 I’m trying a case on January 6, but no jury is involved, and we should finish the thing that day. Plus, I don’t have tickets to the BCS Championship…☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/6 "2009-12-30T17:18:37Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Aw lighten up. It’s funny. It _is_ funny, but I don’t think it should have been granted. This was a wrongful death case, wasn’t it? I think the plantiffs were correct to argue that the seriousness of this case, and the length of time already spent in litigation, make it inappropriate to grant a continuance on such frivolous grounds. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/7 "2009-12-30T17:35:29Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > It _is_ funny, but I don’t think it should have been granted. This was a wrongful death case, wasn’t it? I think the plantiffs were correct to argue that the seriousness of this case, and the length of time already spent in litigation, make it inappropriate to grant a continuance on such frivolous grounds. Those are valid points, but in theory the delay in this instance could actually help the plaintiff. Some jurors could be resentful about having to deal with jury duty during Bowl Week, and take it out on the Plaintiff. I might have granted the motion, but required the moving party to pay the costs involved with the delay. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-motion-for-continuance-filed-this-month/523056/8 "2009-12-30T17:41:37Z")
I would have guessed that the jurors would be more likely to take out their frustration on the ones in charge of scheduling, ie., The System. ETA: never mind, I see it’s a wrongful death case, not a criminal trial.