The Braxton County Court Calendar
Braxton County publishes no standalone daily or weekly calendar PDF. Its official county and judiciary channels offer none. The live date hides in the case record itself. It may sit in a filed notice or scheduling order, or in the clerk's file. For Magistrate matters, use the Magistrate Case Record Search. It is called MCR, and it includes a Case Event Schedule for each case. Circuit cases run through WVPASS, where the newest filing often carries the current setting.
Which court holds the case matters most. Traffic citations, misdemeanors, preliminary felony steps, and smaller civil claims start in Magistrate Court. Felonies and major civil actions belong to Circuit Court. Family Court follows its own rules. The Circuit Clerk keeps the local file, though. A town ordinance case stays with that town unless an appeal lands in Circuit Court. Nothing merges these four paths into one calendar view.
Braxton County Calendar Event Columns
A Braxton case detail page beats a bare results list, and the official MCR layout shows why. Each setting gets its own row in the Case Event Schedule, with the date, room, place, judicial officer, and closing reason separated into distinct columns. For background on what these courts handle, the Magistrate Court overview describes their role in the state system.
That official page gives the context behind the Braxton event schedule. A row might read Preliminary Hearing or Court Hearing. It could also show Bond Modification Hearing, Suppression Hearing, or Magistrate Jury Trial. Others show Hearing Continued or Hearing/Event Closed. Those labels close out one event, not the whole case.
| Record | The event's row number. |
|---|---|
| Event Type | The kind of setting, such as a hearing or trial. |
| Date/Time | The scheduled day and time. |
| Room | The courtroom, including Magistrate Courtroom 1 in the inspected sample. |
| Location | The county or court location. |
| Judge | The assigned judicial officer. |
| Reason Closed | Why the event was completed, moved, or closed. |
How to Find Your Court Date
When a setting truly matters, work every channel. Start online, but do not stop there. WVPASS opens public Circuit Court records; MCR opens public Magistrate case information. Neither one replaces a paper notice. It does not replace a later signed order, or a straight answer from the clerk. Braxton County offers no official daily posting or standing online calendar.
- Identify the court from the citation, notice, complaint, or case number.
- Search MCR for a Magistrate matter by name or exact case number. Search WVPASS by case or name for a public Circuit matter.
- Open the detail and read each event or document in date order.
- Call the Magistrate Court Clerk at 304-765-7362 or the Circuit Clerk at 304-765-2837. A represented party may also confirm with counsel.
- When the online view is unclear, visit the correct counter and inspect the current setting notice.
A town ordinance ticket calls for the town clerk, recorder, or municipal court contact, since no unified municipal calendar exists. Family Court dates run through the Circuit Clerk, with special limits on family files. To sort out which record to open first, the Braxton County case search can point the way.
Braxton County Calendar Clerk Calls
Call the office that holds the file. In Sutton, Circuit Clerk Susan Lemon keeps the Circuit Court and Family Court calendars. Her office sits at 300 Main Street, Suite 101. Her number is 304-765-2837. Posted hours run Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Magistrate Court Clerk Sharon Yost works from 307 Main Street, Suite 205, and answers at 304-765-7362. No county court-coordinator number exists in the official material. These two clerks are the calls to make.
Have your details ready before dialing. Give the clerk the full case number. Add the court, the party or caption, and the event listed online. Ask whether the date, time, or room has changed by a later notice, since the online docket may lag behind the paper file. Clerks will answer open-file questions like a hearing time over the phone. They are not required to read an entire file aloud, though. The Circuit Court information page from the state courts explains the split in jurisdiction between these levels.
A Braxton County date question should go to a court clerk, not the County Clerk. That office keeps county-government records rather than court files.
Reading a Court Setting
A setting line marks one scheduled event. It is not a full case report. Pair the event type with its date, location, judge, and closing reason, then check it against docket entries and any order. The Braxton sample can list several rows, so a completed preliminary hearing and a later Circuit Court date can both be true when a felony moves between courts.
| Date | The assigned day, subject to a later order. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated start time; confirm whether it is an individual hearing or docket call. |
| Courtroom | The room in the event row or notice. |
| Judge | The officer assigned when the record was entered. |
| Setting Type | The purpose, such as preliminary hearing, pretrial, suppression hearing, or trial. |
A Notice of Hearing announces a date. A Motion to Continue asks to move it. Neither one proves the hearing happened or the motion won, so look for a signed order, a changed event row, or clerk confirmation before relying on anything.
Braxton County Calendar Terms
Short labels carry real weight. Plain definitions below keep a Braxton County court calendar check anchored to what the docket actually says.
- Preliminary hearing
- A Magistrate proceeding on probable cause in a felony case.
- Pretrial hearing
- A status and preparation event before trial.
- Hearing continued
- The event was moved. Look for a new date.
- Hearing/event closed
- The event row closed. That does not alone end the case.
- Notice of hearing
- A filing that announces a setting.
- Suppression hearing
- A hearing about whether evidence may be used.
An official Braxton civil scheduling order can set the trial time, expected length, jury or bench status, pretrial conference, and filing deadlines. A later continuance may supersede it. The newest signed item controls.
Resets, Continuances, and Cancellations
Continuances are requests, not results. A motion to continue only asks the court to move a date, and the Braxton MCR sample shows what that looks like in practice: a motion gets listed, an event closes, and a later event supplies the new setting. Read docket entries from oldest to newest. Then find the latest Notice of Hearing, Order Regarding Hearing, Hearing Continued, or similar item. That entry tells you which date is live.
An older notice can conflict with the public record, so contact the clerk when it does. The West Virginia judiciary posts court closure information, but Braxton has no standing closure calendar and no permanent remote-hearing link. A physical hearing never becomes remote without an order. The CourtPLUS implementation table shows Braxton's e-filing start on November 1, 2018, which is when electronic notices began reaching the file faster.
CourtPLUS is an attorney filing system, not a free public calendar. Public readers still use WVPASS and clerk confirmation for Braxton County docket dates.
Braxton County Calendar Date Checks
When several dates appear in a Braxton County case, build a short timeline. Start with the citation or first notice. Add each docket event in filing order. Treat a motion to continue as pending until an order or a changed event proves the result. Finish with the latest notice and any signed scheduling order. Working this way shows whether a newer entry truly concerns the hearing in question.
Magistrate records need two views: Case Event Schedule and Docket Entry. The first tells when an event is set. The second can show why it changed. In Circuit Court, inspect the newest public document in WVPASS. Some files fall outside WVPASS's stated 1999 coverage. Others lack a scan. Either way, ask the Circuit Clerk to check the paper or archive file.
Date check: A closed event is not a closed case. Confirm the newest setting with the responsible Braxton County clerk.
What To Do If You Miss a Setting
Act at once. Call the court that set the hearing and give the exact case number. Ask what the docket shows, whether an order or warrant was entered, and what authorized step is available. A represented party should contact counsel too. A closed label online does not erase a missed appearance.
Missed a setting? A missed criminal or traffic appearance can lead to a failure-to-appear process, warrant request, bond action, or notice to the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Call the responsible Braxton County clerk promptly and follow the court's instructions.
Legal advice about a warrant, bond, or plea must come from a licensed lawyer.
Consequences depend on the court. A civil absence may lead to a ruling, default, sanctions, or another order allowed by law. Only the live record and the responsible court can say what happened.
Braxton County Calendar Fallback
The court posts no official daily docket PDF, no reminder service, and no lobby-posting schedule. So the fallback for a Braxton County date runs portal first, then the current docket or order, then a direct clerk call, then courthouse file review. Each step answers a different question. The portal finds the case. The latest filed item explains the setting. The clerk confirms what the court has. The file supplies material that may not be online.
Municipal ordinance cases go through the issuing town, because WVPASS and MCR do not form a statewide municipal docket. For state-law traffic, start with MCR and the Magistrate Clerk. For Family Court, ask the Circuit Clerk what public or party-authorized information can be given. Online information may be incomplete, so use the clerk-held record whenever a Braxton County date affects an immediate appearance.