united-states civil-procedure federal-courts
Temporarily Stopping a Lawsuit for Medical Reasons
<p>If the entity prosecuting a lawsuit or the entity defending a lawsuit becomes unable to do the necessary work in that lawsuit due to medical reasons: What is the proper way to let the court know?  Send the judge a letter explaining the medical reason?  Notify the court the party is physically incapable?  Ask the court to halt proceedings until the party has resumed their health?  Or, what?</p>
<p>Exactly how much of one's medical history must be shared to halt a case for medical reasons?</p>
<p>---So, does one do a continuance for each thing pending and is there a limit on how long a continuance can be?</p>

<p>You may file a motion for a continuance (here is a <a href="https://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/resource/family-law-how-to-get-a-continuance-of-your-h" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sample help page</a>). You have to provide as much information as is required to persuade the judge to grant the continuance. Nobody knows <em>exactly</em> how much information that is, and probably only your lawyer (I assume you are doing this yourself) would have a reasonable idea. Simply saying &quot;I can't cope&quot; is insufficient, and something that implies an open-ended delay (&quot;Can we put this on hold until they discover a cure?&quot;) will not suffice.</p>
