How the Phillips County Court Calendar Works
Skip the idea of a standalone daily calendar PDF. Phillips County posts none. The public tool is the Phillips-filtered Colorado Judicial Docket Search, which pulls together settings for the District Court and County Court services handled through Phillips Combined Court. Each setting belongs to the judge or division that controls it. The Clerk of Court records the event. You can narrow the results by district, county, courthouse, court type, division, case number, party, or attorney. Treat this Phillips County court calendar as a list of settings, nothing more. It is not the chronological Register of Action, so it will not show you a filed motion, order, or notice. When sources seem to conflict, trust them in this order: the latest signed court order or notice first, then the current Phillips County calendar, then clerk confirmation. A saved search result never outranks any of those. If something looks off, call the clerk.
The official docket listing itself sits on the Phillips County filtered search page, which displays the current settings from Colorado Judicial.
The form itself explains the catch. County and date filters must be paired with at least one other search value before any Phillips County docket results appear.
Phillips County Calendar Filter Rule
A date alone will not work. Colorado Judicial demands at least one filter beyond the date. That rule trips up plenty of people who open the Phillips County court schedule expecting a full week of hearings in one list. Keep Phillips County selected. Then add something concrete: a complete case number, a court type, a division, a party name, a business name, or an attorney. A complete case number is the cleanest route into the Phillips County calendar.
A broad name search can return multiple rows for one case setting, especially when both party names show up. Count the unique case numbers rather than the raw rows. If the first search comes back empty, do not assume no hearing exists. Check your spelling. Widen the date range. Then try the other court level.
Key search rule. Phillips County plus a date range still needs one more filter, such as case number, court type, party, or attorney.
Note: A blank result can mean the filters are too tight, the case is restricted, the setting moved, or another court is handling the matter.
Phillips County Court Date Lookups
When a court date matters, work every channel. The public calendar for Phillips County is the fastest first check. The clerk's phone and counter serve as the local fallback. Use them if the online docket leaves doubt. Still, a signed notice or order filed in the case outranks any printout. An attorney on the case may also hold the newest filed hearing notice. Phillips County posts no confirmed daily paper listing or public terminal. Call the clerk before you travel.
- Open the Phillips-filtered Docket Search and choose a short date range.
- Add a complete case number when known. Otherwise add the right court level and a party or attorney field.
- Read the date, start time, hearing type, location, courtroom or division, and appearance field.
- Compare the result with the newest signed notice or order and any later Register of Action entry.
- Call the Phillips Combined Court clerk at 970-762-7010 or visit the second-floor counter at 221 S. Interocean Avenue in Holyoke when the entry is unclear.
Mail, email, and fax work well for court record requests, but the clerk does not treat them as instant scheduling tools. The clerk email is PhillipsClerksOffice@judicial.state.co.us. The fax number is 970-458-7742. Before sending protected facts, confirm a safe submission method with the office. Once you know the hearing date, dig deeper. Use the Phillips County docket search channels for case history.
Phillips County Calendar Division Codes
A Phillips County docket entry may show E, 4, or CMP where you expect a courtroom or division. Division 4 belongs to the Phillips County Judge and the County Court docket. Division E is one of the 13th Judicial District divisions. It helps handle the regional District Court caseload. The official Phillips County judges and staff listing names the current assignments. CMP shows up as a calendar location value. Treat any short code as a routing clue. It is not a full instruction on where or how to appear.
- Division 4
- The local County Court assignment for matters such as misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims, and civil claims below the jurisdictional limit.
- Division E
- A 13th Judicial District assignment that may appear for Phillips County District Court settings.
- CMP
- A courtroom or division value observed in Phillips County calendar results. Confirm its meaning for the specific setting with the clerk.
Administrative Order 2019-A created Division E and set the regional calendar and caseload rules. Why does that matter here? Because district judges rotate across a seven-county district that includes Phillips County. A docket may carry a division label from that regional assignment. The case is still heard through Phillips Combined Court.
Court Settings: What Each Field Means
Each row packs in several facts at once. Time marks the scheduled start. Duration is only a guess at how long the hearing runs. The label names the stage, not the result. A caption can flag the right case. Matching the case number is the safer habit when two matters sound alike. Appearance Type can sit blank, and a blank field never means you may attend remotely.
| Date and time | The current scheduled start shown by the public calendar; compare it with the latest order. |
|---|---|
| Duration | A planning estimate in minutes or hours, not a promised finish time. |
| Case number | The four-digit year, case class, and sequence that identifies the matter. |
| Hearing type | The planned stage, such as status conference, arraignment, preliminary hearing, disposition, review, or show cause. |
| Location | Phillips County, with the courthouse context supplied by the local court page. |
| Courtroom or division | The assignment value, including observed E or CMP results. |
| Appearance type | The stated mode when populated; a blank field does not mean remote access. |
| Judge | The judicial assignment may be learned from the division and current court notices, but is not a guaranteed field in every result. |
Printable Version and Export Results give you a snapshot, but neither locks the court's live schedule in place. Check the current Phillips County court calendar again before your hearing date arrives.
Phillips County Settings Stay In Person
Check the official Phillips County trial-court page before you plan any appearance. The court's own rule is that you appear in person unless an order says otherwise. A statewide directory does not override that. So if the Appearance Type field is blank, assume you show up at the courthouse. Ask the clerk about your specific case. Another county's video practice tells you nothing here.
For a broader look, the Colorado Judicial Branch publishes an official virtual-courtroom directory. It covers which courtrooms offer remote options statewide.
Remote rooms in the directory are authorized spaces, yet the order entered in the individual Phillips County case decides whether you may attend that way. The judge's order wins.
Need an interpreter or other accommodation? Ask the clerk at 970-762-7010. The Phillips Combined Court location page shows the counter open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Those hours close earlier than some statewide support lines, so bring same-day questions to the clerk well before 3:00 p.m.
When a Court Date Moves
A continuance moves a hearing. It does not dismiss the case. Calling the clerk cannot change a Phillips County court date either. A change normally takes court approval. The clerk cannot give legal advice on how to ask for one. After the judge grants a reset, the fresh date should show up in the calendar and the Register of Action. The court publishes no promise about how fast the two sync.
When the docket stacks up entries marked set, continued, or reset, look for the newest event. Line it up with the latest signed order or notice. That newest operative setting governs unless a later order overrides it. Keep the signed notice. Check again shortly before court. Weather, a holiday, or a closure alert can change access at the last minute.
Note: an exported Phillips County court schedule is only a saved snapshot. A later reset or cancellation may not appear in it.
Phillips County Hearing Labels Decoded
Calendar labels tell you why a setting exists. They do not tell you how the case ended. A Disposition Hearing, for instance, is just a scheduled event. The Register of Action and the filed order entered afterward state what actually occurred. Phillips County calendar results have included Status Conference, Review W/Appearance of Parties, Arraignment, Disposition Hearing, Preliminary Hearing, and Show Cause Hearing.
- Status conference
- A progress check that may address readiness, discovery, talks, or the next date.
- Review with appearance
- A compliance or progress review that requires the persons named by the court to appear.
- Show cause hearing
- A setting at which a person must explain alleged noncompliance or why requested relief should not issue.
- Disposition hearing
- A setting tied to an agreed or ordered outcome; the later docket entry records what actually happened.
- Preliminary hearing
- A probable-cause stage in an eligible felony path, often before the District Court phase.
Arraignment deals with the plea. Sentencing comes after a conviction or plea. A pretrial conference works through readiness and open issues. Labels help you follow the path of a Phillips County case, but the filed record supplies the final detail.
Phillips County Calendar Closure Check
A local notice dated March 31, 2026 closed Phillips Combined Court to the public. The only exception was one scheduled custody hearing. That is a practical warning about static schedules and their limits. A hearing can still matter when counter access changes. A building alert overrides routine hours. Check the Phillips County page and the current calendar on the morning you travel.
Rural distance makes a stale assumption expensive. Before leaving, confirm the case number, date, time, division, and appearance mode. Call 970-762-7010 if the calendar is blank or the court page shows an alert. The clerk can confirm the route to your setting. Only the judge can change it.
The Tenth Circuit clerk contact source shows how federal appellate calendars are handled. They run through a separate clerk and calendar team of their own.
Phillips County state trial settings live in the Colorado Judicial calendar. A federal appeal, by contrast, follows the Tenth Circuit's own calendar channels.
Missed Settings and What Comes Next
Act fast after missing a Phillips County setting. Pull up the current court schedule and the newest docket event. Then call the clerk and any attorney in the case. Ask what the record shows. Find out whether the court entered a new date or an order. The clerk can explain court process and hand over records, but cannot tell you what motion to file or predict the judge's decision.
A missed Phillips County criminal setting can bring serious consequences. Depending on the case, that may mean a failure-to-appear entry, a warrant, or a bond consequence. A missed civil setting may lead to an order, dismissal, default, or another outcome. The rules and the judge's decision control. Never assume the case vanished. The old date can drop off the public list.
Missed a setting? Contact the Phillips Combined Court clerk at 970-762-7010 and any attorney in the case without delay.
Use the exact case number, ask for the newest setting or order, and follow the court's current direction.
A licensed Colorado attorney can advise on the legal response to a missed Phillips County court date.
Write down what the call covered. When exact terms matter, get the filed order itself. A phone statement never replaces the court record.