on the docket
Listed for consideration
On the docket means scheduled to be addressed or considered.
A docket is a court's calendar of cases, so something on the docket is coming up for attention: Immigration reform is on the docket for the next session.
The phrase applies to any agenda, not just legal matters: What's on the docket for today?
- upcomingSoon to occur
- coming upArriving in near future
- on deckReady and waiting nearby
- next in linePositioned to succeed immediately
- caseContainer or instance
pending · court calendar · agenda · trial · awaiting trial · meeting · forthcoming · schedule · slated · litigation · legal proceedings · task · action item · deposition · assignment · queued · workflow · appeal
scheduling/agenda status
on the docketdismissed
Released from duty
shelved · dropped · unscheduled · off the books · thrown out