Can a person walk into a Colorado Adams County Courthouse and see a judge the same day by simply placing your name on the docket?

Answer 1

A person cannot walk into a courthouse - not in Adams County, not in any United States court - and place their name on a docket or see a judge. The docket is a list of cases to be heard by the court; individuals can look at court dockets, but not add to or modify them. The docket contains only cases that have been properly filed; it does not contain individual appointments.

Judges are not permitted to speak to parties in a case unless the other party is also present. Normally a judge will only speak to the parties' attorneys, not directly to a party - unless that party does not have an attorney. In order to "get on a docket" you have to start a case by filing the proper forms with the court clerk. You still won't get to speak to the judge, unless it's in a court proceeding that has been put on the docket by the court, and the other party's attorney is also present.

The first related link below has general information about the Colorado court process, and how to represent yourself. I found it at the second related link, which has contact information for the courts in Adams County (as well as the rest of Colorado) and links to additional online resources related to the courts.