on the docket
idiom
US
1
: on a list of legal cases to be heard by a court
The judge had to postpone some of the cases on the docket.
2
: on a list of things to be considered (by a group of people, such as a committee)
The new library will be the first item on the committee's docket.
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In fact, since the former Disney lawyer sued her corporate alma mater on August 15, there hasn’t been much activity on the docket except to get a new judge assigned — which was done on August 25 with Judge Brook T Hammond taking over.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
First-round pick Tyler Smith appears to be next on the docket for the team.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2025
Federal court records reviewed by the Washington Examiner show only a handful of federal criminal cases on the docket from the week’s arrests, most of which appeared to involve routine charges such as unlawful firearm possession and child pornography distribution.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
Other objectives on the docket for Starship Flight 10 include the deployment of spacecraft simulators mimicking the size of SpaceX's next-generation Starlink Internet satellites.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
First-round pick Tyler Smith appears to be next on the docket for the team.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Aug. 2025
Federal court records reviewed by the Washington Examiner show only a handful of federal criminal cases on the docket from the week’s arrests, most of which appeared to involve routine charges such as unlawful firearm possession and child pornography distribution.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
Other objectives on the docket for Starship Flight 10 include the deployment of spacecraft simulators mimicking the size of SpaceX's next-generation Starlink Internet satellites.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
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