Judge Bidwill Martin J.
Judge • Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County
Court-wide rules
Applies court-wideSeventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Broward County publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 99 rules are what govern this courtroom.
Filing Requirements
All 31- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- case number
Motions must state the facts with specificity, list all of the defendant's cases, the charges for each case, and the legal reason for custody; boilerplate motions are not allowed.
- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- case number
A separate motion must be filed for each individual case number, including the new law charge and VOP case numbers.
- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- certificate of conference
Counsel must certify a good-faith attempt to resolve the issue with opposing counsel; if contact was unsuccessful, counsel must certify at least three contact attempts plus a follow-up email.
Communication
All 13- Contact
- Phone to chambers
Counsel must contact the Division Judge's judicial assistant to be placed on an in-custody docket and must provide a working phone number and email address.
- Contact
- Phone to chambers
When setting a hearing, counsel must give the Division Judge's judicial assistant a good-faith estimate of the anticipated hearing length.
- Contact
- Email to chambers
Out-of-jurisdiction bond and change-of-plea matters are heard by Judge Andrew Siegel and must be set through Sabrina Albert at Salbert@17th.flcourts.org.
E-Filing
All 11- Applies to
- Motion
A copy of the motion must be e-filed with the Clerk's office.
- Applies to
- Notice of change of plea
The notice of change of plea must be e-filed with the Clerk's office.
- Applies to
- Motion
For motions seeking to exceed page limits, proposed orders may be uploaded to CMS, the motion must be uploaded as a supporting document, and no hearing is required.
Formatting
All 9- Margins
- top 1 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in
All motions and responses must be double-spaced with at least one-inch margins and a font size of at least 12 points.
- Format
PDF submissions containing more than one item must be bookmarked.
Uploaded orders must not duplicate header and footer content because CMS inserts that content automatically.
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