How to Use docket in a Sentence

docket

noun
  • The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.
  • The docket for the federal case did not list lawyers for the men.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The state Supreme Court had better keep a spot open on its 2025 docket.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Toward the end of this term, the justices agreed to hear Moore v. United States for the fall 2023 docket.
    Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 12 July 2023
  • James has three games on his docket before getting to that home tilt against the Bucks.
    cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The plea agreement appeared in the court docket on Thursday.
    Hannah Denham | Hdenham@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Romero, who did not file a response in the court docket, could not be reached Friday.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 May 2023
  • The case has already been to the Supreme Court once before, on the emergency docket.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That’s on the, the docket, the Drew Joyce Classic for basketball is, is coming up in April.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
  • When her case first hit the docket, #MeToo was in its infancy.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • She is scheduled to plead guilty in March, according to the court docket.
    Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The case’s online court docket gives it as Luis A. Rios Castro.
    Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The next hearing docket -- and last of this calendar year -- is Dec. 15-16.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Plaintiffs have at least a dozen cases on court dockets in the coming months.
    Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Web dockets do not list lawyers for either of the Malobertis.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The eight suspects have pleaded not guilty, according to the court docket.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • District Judge Tanya Chutkan has been assigned the case, according to the court docket.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • An entry posted on the court’s docket over the weekend said the trial had been canceled.
    Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2024
  • No defense attorneys of record were listed in a court docket on the case.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • He is set to plead guilty to at least one federal charge next month, according to the court docket.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2023
  • An attorney for Pavlik was not listed on the court docket.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • An attorney is not listed on the court docket for Starnes.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There’s nothing like a good, chunky boot for fall, and this pair is ideal for every fall trip on your docket.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2023
  • And yes, salmon and steelhead fishing seminars are still on the docket.
    Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2023
  • After news reports about the call, the hearing was placed on the public docket a day and a half before it was scheduled.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
  • According to the jail docket, James Estabrook is 49 years old and a resident of Huntsville.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 4 July 2023
  • California Democrats are hoping their state will be added to the docket.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Ariel, what else has been on your docket recently or is coming soon?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • If at least four of the nine justices believe that the case is worth considering, it will be added to their docket for a hearing.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The upcoming term’s docket doesn’t have as many high-profile cases at the moment.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 July 2023

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