Declaratory Judgments. The court may order a prompt hearing of an action for a declaratory judgment and may advance it on the calendar.In order for the N.C. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Bureau to assist an employee with a wage dispute, a complaint must be filed with this. Plaintiffs filed a claim for declaratory relief. The trial court granted summary judgment in the Association's favor. § 1-253 - Courts of record permitted to enter declaratory judgments of rights, status and other legal relations. Under North Carolina law, litigants can fill out the courtcreated forms on their own. '" Id. (quoting White, 913 F.2d at 167–68). Defendants and ESD individually filed responses,8 and DOL also moved for summary judgment in its response. The admonition will not be recorded in the judgment docket of the North Carolina State Bar.