Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Clay, Duval and Nassau Counties Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Deadline

14 calendar days

A proposed order ordinarily must be submitted to the court within 14 days unless a different deadline is specified at the hearing or trial.

Proposed Orders shall be submitted to the Court within 14 days unless otherwise specified at the hearing/trial.

Deadline

24 hours

The completed Trial Set Memorandum must be emailed to the Judicial Assistant as an attachment at least 24 hours before the ex parte hearing.

The parties shall complete the form and submit it as an e-mail attachment to the Judicial Assistant at least 24 hours prior to the ex-parte hearing.

The parties must immediately notify the court in writing when a case settles so it can be removed from the trial calendar.

If the case is settled, the parties shall immediately notify the Court, in writing, so that it may be removed from the trial calendar.

Unless the Court provides otherwise, proposed orders must be submitted within five business days after the proceeding.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days of the proceeding.

The order establishes separate disclosure deadlines for initial retained experts and any rebuttal or sur-rebuttal experts.

No later than (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Conference, movant(s) shall disclose each retained expert witness who will testify at the evidentiary hearing on behalf of movant(s). No later than (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Conference, non-movant(s) shall disclose each retained expert witness who will testify at the evidentiary hearing on behalf of nonmovant(s). No later than (enter number) days after the movant(s) is served with nonmovant(s) retained expert witness disclosure, movant(s) shall disclose each retained rebuttal expert witness, if any, who may testify at the evidentiary hearing on behalf of movant(s). No later than (enter number) days after nonmovant(s) is served with movant(s) retained rebuttal expert witness disclosure, if any, nonmovant(s) shall disclose each retained sur-rebuttal expert witness, if any, who may testify at the evidentiary hearing on behalf of nonmovant(s).

Expert-related motions or objections must be filed and served by the stated pre-conference deadline, with a copy delivered to the court simultaneously.

All Daubert or other expert witness related motions or objections shall be filed and served at least (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Conference. A copy of all such motions shall be delivered to the Court at the same time they are filed and served.

All case-specific motions in limine relevant to the evidentiary hearing must be filed, served, noticed, and resolved by the stated pre-conference deadline.

All case specific Motions in Limine relevant to the evidentiary hearing shall be filed, served, noticed, and heard or agreed to by the parties no later than (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Conference.

Rule 1.360 examinations must be completed by the specified pre-conference deadline, and the examiner’s report must be provided to plaintiff’s counsel within the specified period after examination.

No later than (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Case Management Conference, all medical and/or mental evaluations and other examinations pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.360 shall be completed. Also, the report of the examiner shall be prepared and provided to Plaintiff’s counsel no later than (enter number) days after the examination.

Each party must exchange and file written deposition designations by the stated pre-conference deadline.

No later than (enter number) days prior to the Pre-Evidentiary Hearing Conference, all parties shall exchange and file written notice(s) of deposition designations of witnesses whose testimony the party expects to be presented by deposition, whether by transcript or video.

When proposed jury instructions and verdict forms were not submitted at the conference, the plaintiffs must file and submit them by 9:00 a.m. on the order's stated deadline.

The Plaintiff(s) shall file with the Clerk and submit to the Court in hard copy form a complete set of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms by no later than 9:00 a.m. on ___________________________, 20_____.

The alternative hard-copy submission of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms is due to the Clerk and Court by 9:00 a.m. on the stated date.

The Plaintiff(s) shall file with the Clerk and submit to the Court in hard copy form a complete set of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms by no later than 9:00 a.m. on ___________________________, 20_____.

Plaintiffs must dismiss the action within the stated number of days after receiving the settlement checks, although the number is blank in the order.

The Plaintiff(s) shall dismiss their action within _____ days of receiving the settlement check(s).

Plaintiffs must file final disposition form 1.998 within the stated number of days after receiving the settlement checks, although the number is blank in the order.

The Plaintiff(s) shall file a final disposition form (form 1.998) within _____ days of receiving the settlement check(s).

Failure to seek an extension of the stated deadlines or to file a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice within 30 days after the paragraph 6 deadline will result in dismissal without prejudice and without further notice.

Upon failure of the parties to request an extension of the deadlines set forth in the paragraphs above or Plaintiff’s counsel’s failure to file a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice by no later than thirty (30) days after the deadline provided in paragraph 6 above, the Court will dismiss the action without prejudice, without further notice to the Plaintiff.

The moving party must serve the summary-judgment motion according to the deadlines specified in the case-management order.

The rule states the moving party “must serve the motion for summary judgment consistent with the deadlines specified in the case management order.” Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(b).

Deadline

10 business days

Case law and memoranda submitted fewer than 10 business days before a hearing, or first submitted during the hearing, may be disregarded in the Court’s discretion.

Case law and Memoranda provided to the Court less than ten (10) business days prior to the scheduled hearing or for the first time during the hearing may not (in the Court’s discretion) be considered.

Hearings on dispositive motions and trial matters must be requested and heard before the pretrial conference under the Case Management Order Setting Case for Trial.

All hearings related to dispositive motions and trial matters must be filed and heard prior to the pre-trial conference pursuant to the deadlines set forth in the Court’s Case Management Order Setting Case for Trial.

Hearings involving trial, summary judgment, or motions in limine will not be heard during the actual trial period absent unanticipated events.

NO HEARINGS DIRECTED TOWARDS MATTERS INVOLVING THE TRIAL, MSJ, OR MIL WILL BE HEARD DURING THE ACTUAL TRIAL PERIOD absent unanticipated events occurring.

At least 180 days before the pretrial conference, the surveilling party must file a written disclosure identifying and describing the surveillance personnel and must produce all unedited post-accident surveillance video to opposing counsel or the pro se opposing party.

In order to permit adequate time to incorporate the disclosure of such surveillance videos into the natural flow of the fact and expert discovery proceedings and other pretrial deadlines in the Court’s Order Setting Actual Jury Trial Period, Scheduling Pretrial Conference, and Requiring Matters to be Completed Prior to Pretrial Conference the surveilling party must disclose all such post-accident surveillance videos, together with a written disclosure filed with the Court containing the names and business addresses of each person (i.e., videographer, private investigator) involved in conducting the surveillance and obtaining the surveillance videos together with a brief description of the nature of their involvement, and produce all such unedited surveillance video, both the surveillance video to be presented at trial together with all other surveillance video obtained by the party conducting surveillance, to opposing counsel, or the opposing party if pro se, no later than ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

7 calendar days

A requested order must be submitted to the Court within seven days after the hearing, with a copy to opposing counsel.

must be submitted to the Court within seven (7) days of the hearing, with a copy to opposing counsel.

Deadline

7 calendar days

When the parties cannot agree on an order, both sides must submit their proposed orders to the Court within seven days after the hearing, with copies to opposing counsel.

both sides shall present their respective proposed orders to the court for consideration within seven (7) days of the hearing with copies to opposing counsel.

A written request for an examination should be made no later than 150 days before the pretrial date.

If examinations under these rules are requested such written request should be made no later than 150 days before the pretrial date to allow time for objections, hearings on same and an opportunity to reset the examination.

Objections to a Rule 1.360(a)(1)(A) examination request must be filed within 30 days after the written request when process was served at least 15 days earlier.

Objections to “Examination of Persons” under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.360(a)(1)(A) must be filed no later than 30 days from the written request assuming service of process has occurred at least 15 days prior to the request being served.

A hearing must be requested immediately whenever an examination objection is filed, and failure to set an immediate hearing will be treated as abandonment of the examination request.

A hearing must be immediately requested on any objection filed. Failure to set the objection for immediate hearing will be deemed an “Abandonment of the Request” under the rules.

Although a defendant may file a summary-judgment motion 20 days after the complaint is filed, the Court will not hear a premature motion.

Technically a defendant can file a motion for summary judgment 20 days after the Complaint is filed, however, the Court will not hear premature motions (see below).

A summary-judgment hearing must be set at least 10 days after the response-service deadline unless the parties stipulate or the court orders otherwise.

Any hearing on a motion for summary judgment must be set for a date at least 10 days after the deadline for serving a response, unless the parties stipulate or the court orders otherwise.

Except for complex actions or when the operative case-management order provides otherwise, a summary-judgment hearing must occur no later than 30 days before the scheduled pretrial conference.

Except for actions determined to be complex pursuant to Rule 1.201, Fla. R. Civ. P., unless otherwise specified in the operative case management order (“CMO”) hearings on summary judgment motions must be scheduled to be heard no later than 30 days prior to the Pretrial Conference scheduled in the Order Setting Actual Trial Period, Scheduling Pretrial Conference, and Requiring Matters to be Completed Prior to Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

10 calendar days

The Reply Statement of Material Facts and Reply Memorandum of Law are due at least 10 days before the hearing.

The due date for the Reply Statement of Material Facts and Reply Memorandum of Law is at least 10 days before the time fixed for the hearing.

The court will generally set a deadline requiring proposed orders to be filed within 7 days after the hearing.

generally, the court will establish a reasonable deadline for filing the proposed orders within 7 days following the hearing;

The court will generally set a deadline requiring the exceptions or objections pleading to be filed within 5 days after the proposed orders are filed.

generally, the Court will establish a reasonable deadline for filing the exceptions/objections pleading within 5 days following the filing of the proposed orders;

The parties must present their respective proposed orders to the court within 15 days after the meet-and-confer.

Stipulation or Agreed Order, the parties shall present their respective proposed orders to the Court for consideration within 15 days of the meet and confer.

If the Notice of Compliance is not filed within 15 days after the meet-and-confer, Plaintiff must schedule a 15-minute case-management conference concerning the lack of compliance.

If the Notice of Compliance is not filed within l5 days of the meet and confer, Plaintiff shall schedule a l5- minute Case Management Conference pursuant to 1.200(a) to address specific issues that have resulted in the lack of compliance.

Deadline

20 business days

A Notice of Hearing must be filed at least 20 days before the next scheduled Case Management Conference for a motion to be heard there.

Parties seeking to have a Motion heard on any of the above Case Management Conference (“CMC”) dates must file a Notice of Hearing at least twenty (20) days before the next scheduled Case Management Conference.

Deadline

20 business days

A party seeking to bring a matter before the Court must file the motion and notice of hearing at least 20 days before the next Case Management Conference.

Any Party desiring to bring a matter before the Court shall file a motion and a notice of hearing at least twenty (20) days before the next scheduled Case Management Conference.

Deadline

20 calendar days

Responses to non-dispositive motions must be filed within 20 days after service of the motion.

Responses to non-dispositive motions must be filed within twenty (20) days after service of the Motion.

Deadline

15 calendar days

Expert case files must be produced for inspection at least 15 calendar days before the expert deposition.

Unless already produced, the files of the expert regarding this case shall be produced for inspection by the party who retained the expert to all parties at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the date of that expert’s deposition

Deadline

7 calendar days

Plaintiff must provide written notice of potentially material repairs at least 7 days before repairs begin.

Prior to any repairs being performed by or on behalf of Plaintiff or the homeowners on the buildings on the Project which may alter the condition of the property in a way or ways material to the issues or proof in this action, Plaintiff shall provide all other parties with written notice of its intent to perform such repairs at least seven (7) days in advance of the date established for commencement of the repairs.

Deadline

30 calendar days

Each party must electronically produce all intended trial exhibits to the other parties at least 30 days before the Pretrial Conference.

No later than thirty (30) days prior to the Pretrial Conference (“Conference”), each party shall produce to all other parties all trial exhibits in electronic format it intends to introduce at trial.

Deadline

48 hours

The case status report must certify that witness and exhibit lists will be filed with the Clerk at least 48 hours before the Final Case Management Conference.

The case status report ... Certification that copies of witness and exhibit lists will be filed with the Clerk of the Court at least 48 hours prior to the date and time of the Final Case Management Conference.

Deadline

7 business days

Documents requested for in camera review must be supplied within seven business days after receipt of the notice when 25 or fewer documents are involved, but the passage separately requires submission within 10 days for more than 25 documents without specifying the day type.

The documents appearing in the request for in camera review shall be provided to the Court within 7 business days of receipt of a Notice of Request for In Camera Review if review of 25 documents or less is requested, and within 10 days if review of more than 25 documents is requested.

Amendments to previously asserted privileges must be filed and submitted within the initial 10-day period.

Any amendments to the privileges previously asserted shall also be filed and submitted within this initial 10-day submission period.

A privilege log must be submitted within a reasonable time before a motion-to-compel hearing; an untimely log may result in waiver of the privilege claim.

If a party does not submit a privilege log within a reasonable time before a hearing on the motion to compel, then the trial court can be justified in finding a waiver because there would be no basis on which to assess the privilege claim.

The parties were required to file response briefs addressing the Show Cause Order no later than February 28, 2017.

In Section II of that order, I then directed the parties to submit, not later than February 28, 2017, briefs in response to the Show Cause part of the Order addressing the following matters:

The required joint statement must be filed with the clerk no later than 14 days before the initial case management conference.

At least 20 days prior to the date of the initial case management conference, attorneys for the parties as well as any parties appearing pro se shall confer and prepare a joint statement, which shall be filed with the clerk of the court no later than 14 days before the conference, outlining a discovery plan and stating:

The Notice of Compliance must be filed within 15 days after the meet and confer to establish compliance absent further court action.

If the Report is filed within 15 days of the meet and confer, counsel for the parties need take no further action to comply with this Order, absent further motion by the parties or order of this Court.

If the Notice of Compliance is not filed within 15 days after the meet and confer, Plaintiff must notice a case management conference concerning the resulting noncompliance issues.

If the Notice of Compliance is not filed within 15 days of the meet and confer, Plaintiff shall notice a Case Management Conference pursuant to 1.200(a) for Uniform Motion Calendar to address the specific issues that have resulted in the lack of compliance.

Deadline

7 calendar days

The exhibit-list exchange is due at least 7 calendar days before the evidentiary hearing.

At least 7 calendar days in advance of an evidentiary hearing, the parties must exchange exhibit lists that specifically identify by Bates number potential exhibits to be used at the hearing.

Deadline

5 calendar days

The required meet-and-confer must occur within the 5-calendar-day period before the evidentiary hearing.

Within 5 calendar days in advance of the evidentiary hearing, the parties must meet and confer by telephone or video conference to stipulate to as much as practicable regarding authenticity and admissibility and to agree on the format and manner in which evidence will be presented at the hearing.

Deadline

2 calendar days

At least 2 calendar days before an evidentiary hearing, the parties must file all evidence sought to be introduced according to the court’s instructions.

At least 2 calendar days before an evidentiary hearing, the parties shall file all evidence sought to be introduced pursuant to instructions provided by the court.

Deadline

2 calendar days

If a joint exhibit filing is absent, the parties must file exhibits unilaterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.

In the absence of a joint filing, must file unilaterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.

Deadline

10 business days

The witness-list exchange is due at least 10 business days before the evidentiary hearing.

At least 10 business days in advance of an evidentiary hearing, the parties shall exchange witness lists that include the witnesses’ names and, if known, email addresses and telephone numbers.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

Motions to Cancel Sales, including emergency motions, must be provided as early as possible to allow adequate review and action.

Motions (and emergency) to Cancel Sales shall be provided at the earliest possible time to allow adequate time for review and action.

All exhibits must be received by the Case Management Office three days before the non-jury trial or evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received by the Case Management Office three (3) days before the non-jury trial or evidentiary proceeding.

Within 30 days of the Order, the movant must provide the opposing parties with its expert’s name and address and copies of the billing records, time sheets, invoices, and other evidence supporting the fees and costs claimed.

Within thirty (30) days of the Order, the movant(s) shall submit to the parties from whom fees or costs sought, the name and address of the fee/cost expert(s) that will be used in support of the motion, along with copies of all billing records, time sheets, invoices for costs, and any other documentary evidence relating to attorneys’ fees and/or court costs claimed (collectively “the claim”).

Within 30 days of the movant’s itemized claim, a nonmoving opponent must respond in writing to each claimed item, state agreement or objection, support objections with legal authority, and identify any rebuttal expert.

Within thirty (30) days of the movant’s itemized claim described in paragraph two (2) above, counsel for any non-moving party opposing any part of the claim shall respond in writing to each item of cost and each fee entry submitted by the movant. This response shall state whether counsel agrees or objects to said item. For each objection counsel shall state the basis and cite the supporting legal authority. They shall also identify the name and address of any expert it intends to use in rebuttal.

Within 30 days after receiving the objections, the moving party must respond in writing to each objection and provide contrary legal authority for any objection it rejects.

Within thirty (30) days of receipt of said objections, the moving party shall respond in writing to each objection, stating whether said party concurs with the objection and, if not, state the basis and cite the contrary legal authority.

No later than 15 days before mediation, counsel must meet and confer about disputed items and reduce any stipulations to a written joint pre-hearing stipulation.

Not later than fifteen (15) days immediately preceding the mediation, counsel for the parties shall meet and confer to review the disputed items, reduce any stipulations to a written joint pre-hearing stipulation pursuant to the provisions set forth below.

Deadline

3 business days

Hearing memoranda must be filed no later than three business days before the hearing, with a copy provided directly to the Court.

Any memorandums of law must be filed no later than three (3) business days before the date of the hearing and a copy provided directly to the Court.

Deadline

7 court days

Applies to

Pretrial meeting

At least seven days before the Pretrial Conference, counsel for the parties must meet and complete the listed pretrial preparation tasks.

No later than seven (7) days prior to the Pretrial Conference, attorneys for each party shall meet together by agreement instigated by counsel for the Plaintiff(s), to: discuss the possibility of settlement; stipulate to as many facts and issues as possible; discuss and cooperate with each other to prepare a Pretrial Stipulation; complete the Division CV-E “Pretrial Conference Checklist”1 to be submitted to the Court at the Pretrial Conference; draft a proposed “Pretrial Conference Order”1 to be submitted to the Court at the Pretrial Conference or immediately thereafter; examine all exhibits and documents that may be used at trial; confirm for opposing counsel the names and addresses of all witnesses who may testify at trial; review all video depositions or exhibits to be used at trial; and complete all other matters which may expedite both the Pretrial Conference and the trial of this case.

Deadline

30 court days

Applies to

Exhibits

All intended trial exhibits must be provided to opposing counsel at least 30 days before the Pretrial Conference.

All exhibits intended to be offered, published, or utilized in any way, at trial, including, but not limited to, evidence, demonstrative purposes, impeachment and rebuttal, shall be exhibited to all opposing counsel THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

180 court days

Applies to

Retained expert witness disclosure

Plaintiffs must disclose their retained trial expert witnesses no later than 180 days before the Pretrial Conference.

No later than ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference, Plaintiff(s) shall disclose each retained expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff(s).

Deadline

150 court days

Applies to

Retained expert witness disclosure

Defendants must disclose their retained trial expert witnesses no later than 150 days before the Pretrial Conference.

No later than ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference, Defendant(s) shall disclose each retained expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of Defendant(s).

Deadline

30 calendar days

Applies to

Retained rebuttal expert disclosure

Plaintiffs must disclose any retained rebuttal expert witnesses within 30 days after service of Defendant’s retained expert disclosure.

No later than THIRTY (30) DAYS after the Plaintiff(s) is served with Defendant’s retained expert witness disclosure, Plaintiff(s) shall disclose each retained rebuttal expert witness, if any, who may testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff(s).

Deadline

14 calendar days

Applies to

Retained sur rebuttal expert disclosure

Defendants must disclose any retained sur-rebuttal expert witnesses within 14 days after service of Plaintiff’s rebuttal expert disclosure.

No later than FOURTEEN (14) DAYS after Defendant(s) is served with Plaintiff’s retained rebuttal expert witness disclosure, if any, Defendant’s shall disclose each retained sur-rebuttal expert witness, if any, who may testify at trial on behalf of Defendant(s).

Deadline

90 court days

Applies to

Fact discovery

Fact discovery must be completed at least 90 days before the Pretrial Conference unless extended by written agreement or court order.

All fact discovery shall be completed no later than NINETY (90) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference unless otherwise extended by written agreement of counsel or by order of the Court.

Deadline

60 court days

Applies to

Expert discovery

Expert discovery must be completed at least 60 days before the Pretrial Conference unless extended by written agreement and court order.

All expert discovery shall be completed no later than SIXTY (60) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference unless otherwise extended by written agreement of counsel and order of the Court.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Applies to

Discovery supplementation

All discovery responses must be supplemented within five days after supplementation is triggered under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(g).

All discovery, including interrogatories, requests for production, or requests for admission must be supplemented no later than FIVE (5) DAYS after the duty to supplement is triggered pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280(g).

Deadline

90 court days

Applies to

Discovery motion

Fact- and expert-discovery motions, objections, and requests must be filed, noticed, and resolved or agreed to by 90 days before the Pretrial Conference.

All motions, objections, and requests related to fact and expert discovery must be filed, noticed and resolved by hearing, or agreed to by the parties no later than NINTY (90) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

60 court days

Applies to

Expert witness motion

Daubert and other expert-witness motions or objections must be filed and served at least 60 days before the Pretrial Conference.

All Daubert or other expert witness related motions or objections shall be filed by the moving party and served on all opposing parties at least SIXTY (60) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

30 court days

Applies to

Expert witness motion

Expert-witness motion hearings must be noticed and resolved or agreed to by 30 days before the Pretrial Conference.

The party filing expert witness related motions or objections shall be responsible to do that which is necessary so that hearings regarding expert witness related evidence shall be noticed and resolved by hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

80 court days

Applies to

Dispositive motion

Pretrial dispositive and summary judgment motions must be filed and served by 80 days before the Pretrial Conference and noticed or agreed to by 30 days before it.

All pre-trial dispositive motions (e.g. motion to dismiss for fraud upon the court) and summary judgment motions shall be filed by the moving party and served on all opposing parties no later than EIGHTY (80) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference and noticed for hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

60 court days

Applies to

Motion in limine

Case-specific motions in limine must be filed and served by 60 days before the Pretrial Conference and resolved or agreed to by 30 days before it.

All case specific Motions in Limine shall be filed by the moving party and served on all opposing parties no later than SIXTY (60) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference and resolved by hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

150 court days

Applies to

Motion to amend

Motions to amend pleadings must be filed by 150 days before the Pretrial Conference and noticed and resolved or agreed to by 120 days before it.

All motions to amend the pleadings shall be filed no later than ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference and noticed and resolved by hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

30 court days

Applies to

Nondispositive motion

Other nondispositive pretrial motions must be filed, noticed, and resolved or agreed to by 30 days before the Pretrial Conference.

All other Non-Dispositive Pretrial Motions, other than those pretrial motions governed by paragraphs 11, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, and 31 must be filed, noticed and resolved by hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Applies to

Notice of settlement

Counsel must immediately notify the court and file a Notice of Settlement if the case settles or is dismissed.

All counsel shall immediately notify this Court in the event of settlement or dismissal, and the parties shall immediately file a Notice of Settlement.

Evidentiary motions must be filed no later than two weeks before the Final Pre-Trial conference.

Evidentiary Motions Must Be Filed No Later Than 2 Weeks Before Final Pre-Trial.

If the Court establishes a separate All Motion deadline, the earlier of that deadline and two weeks before Final Pre-Trial controls for evidentiary motions.

If the Court sets a separate ‘All Motion’ deadline, the earlier date between that deadline or 2 weeks before Final Pre-Trial will control.

When the Court does not set an All Motion deadline, all motions must be filed no later than the Final Pre-Trial conference.

The Court has been setting ‘All Motion’ deadlines with court dates before ===== PAGE 2 ===== Final Pre-Trial, but to the extent such a deadline is not set, all motions must be filed no later than Final Pre-Trial.

Proposed orders must be submitted within five days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within 5 days after any hearing.

Deadline

2 business days

The moving party must file and serve a Notice of Hearing within two business days after the hearing time is set.

Once a hearing time is set, the moving party shall file and serve a Notice of Hearing within 2 business days emailing a courtesy copy to the Judicial Assistant after it has been filed.

When a hearing is canceled, the parties must immediately file a Notice of Cancellation and email it to the Judicial Assistant.

If the parties cancel a hearing, the parties shall immediately file a Notice of Cancellation and e-mail the Notice to the Judicial Assistant.

Case-law attachments must reach the court at least five days before the hearing and be provided to all other parties simultaneously; failure may result in cancellation of the hearing without notice.

Any attachments containing case law shall be received by the Court at least 5 days prior to the hearing, with copies provided to all other parties at the same time. Failure to abide by these terms may result in the hearing being canceled by the Court without notice.

At the time of filing a motion for rehearing, new trial, or emergency relief, the filing party must provide a copy for court review by U.S. mail, hand delivery, or email.

The party filing the motion shall provide a copy for review by U.S. Mail, hand delivery or e-mail at the time the motion is filed.

After certain specified motions are filed, the non-moving party may respond within 14 days or email a copy of the motion to the Judicial Assistant for ruling.

Upon the filing of one of these motions, the non-moving party may either file a response within 14 days or send a copy of the Motion to the Judicial Assistant via e-mail for ruling.

The moving party may file a reply within 14 days after a response.

The moving party may reply to a response within 14 days.

Deadline

3 business days

After hearing confirmation, the movant must file and email a notice of hearing within three business days.

Once your hearing is confirmed, the movant will have three (3) business days in which to file a notice of hearing and email a copy to the Judicial Assistant.

A proposed order must be submitted to the court within seven days of the hearing, with a copy provided to opposing counsel.

must be submitted to the Court within seven (7) days of the hearing, with a copy to opposing counsel.

Pretrial stipulations must be submitted to the court three days before the pretrial conference.

Pretrial Stipulations are required to be submitted to the Court 3 days prior to the pretrial conference.

Deadline

5 business days

Unless the court orders otherwise, all hearing materials must be received at least five business days before the hearing.

Unless otherwise ordered, the Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than five business days before the hearing.

A proposed order must be submitted within 30 days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within 30 days after any hearing.

All exhibits and case law must be submitted five days before the hearing.

All exhibits and case law shall be submitted five days prior to the hearing.

All exhibits must be received in chambers five days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers five days before the evidentiary proceeding.

A motion must be entered on the Clerk’s docket, with its docket number available, before hearing time may be requested.

Motions must appear on Clerk’s docket prior to requesting hearing time. Clerk’s docket number required.

Prospective hearing dates are not reserved or guaranteed until confirmation, and a notice of hearing may not be filed before confirmation is provided.

Prospective dates are provided for counsel to coordinate and are not held or guaranteed until a confirmation email is received. Please do not file a notice of hearing until hearing confirmation is provided.

Deadline

3 business days

The hearing package is due at least three business days before the hearing, but must be provided immediately if the hearing falls within that three-business-day period.

Any hearing notebooks, legal memorandums or briefs, along with hard copies of the significant cited authorities, must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing, or immediately if the hearing is scheduled within that time period.

Deadline

7 calendar days

The order must be submitted to the Court within seven days after the hearing, with a copy to opposing counsel.

must be submitted to the Court within seven (7) days of the hearing, with a copy to opposing counsel.

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of retained expert witnesses no later than 120 days before the pre-trial conference.

No later than [120 DAYS] prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, Plaintiff shall serve on all opposing counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the following information regarding each retained expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff:

Each defendant must file and serve a notice of its trial expert witnesses no later than 90 days before the pre-trial conference.

No later than [90DAYS] prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, each Defendant shall serve on all other counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the same information regarding each expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of that Defendant.

Expert-related motions and objections must be filed and served at least 60 days before trial begins.

All expert related motions or objections shall be filed and served at least sixty (60) days prior to the first day the case is set for trial.

The filing party must ensure that each expert-related issue is resolved by agreement or court ruling no later than 15 days before trial.

The party filing expert related motions or objections shall be responsible for taking the necessary steps to see that the issue is resolved by agreement or by the Court no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first day that the case is set for trial.

Case-specific motions in limine must be filed, served, noticed, and heard or agreed to no later than 15 days before trial.

All case specific Motions in Limine shall be filed, served, noticed and heard or agreed to by the parties no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first day that the case is set for trial.

Objections to a Rule 1.360(a)(1)(A) examination request must be filed within 30 days of the written request, provided process was served at least 15 days before the request was served.

Objections to "Examination of Persons" under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.360(a)(1)(A) must be filed no later than 30 days from the written request assuming service of process has occurred at least 15 days prior to the request being served.

A hearing must be requested immediately upon filing any objection to the examination request.

A hearing must be immediately requested on any objection filed.

Deadline

3 business days

Exhibits must be received in chambers at least three business days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) business days before the evidentiary proceeding.

A request for remote appearance must be submitted no later than five days before the hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the hearing.

Deadline

2 business days

Parties granted permission to appear remotely at an evidentiary hearing must provide their evidentiary exhibits at least two business days before the hearing.

If permission is granted to appear remotely for an evidentiary hearing, the parties appearing remotely must provide the court with their evidentiary exhibits no later than two businesses days before the hearing.

A completed Division CV-F Trial Set Memorandum used to avoid the in-person CMC must be e-filed and emailed at least 14 days before the conference.

The parties may avoid the in-person CMC by E-Filing and emailing the Judicial Assistant a completed Division CV- F Trial Set Memorandum no later than 14 days prior to the date of the CMC.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing, and late-submitted orders may require the parties to appear in person.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing. The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.

A proposed order must be submitted within 10 days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office at least three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

• Deadline for Submissions: All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the Court no later than three business days before the hearing.

The Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

Counsel must submit the remote-appearance request no later than five days before the hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the hearing.

Deadline

10 calendar days

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three days before the evidentiary proceeding and may not be emailed to the Judicial Assistant.

• Deadline for Submissions: All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding. Exhibits may not be emailed to the Judicial Assistant.

A hearing date or time is not secured until the Court sends confirmation.

Hearing dates/times are not secured until confirmation is sent from the Court.

A hearing will be set only for a motion that has already been filed with the Clerk.

Hearings will only be set on motions already filed with the Clerk.

Deadline

5 business days

Proposed orders must be submitted within five business days of the proceeding unless the Court provides otherwise.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days of the proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

Applies to

Exhibits

All submissions must reach the Court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All submissions must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

Uniform Motion Calendar hearings must be scheduled no later than one week before the hearing date.

5. These hearings must be set no later than one week in advance of the scheduled date.

Deadline

3 business days

At least three business days before the hearing, a copy of the notice of hearing with the appropriate pleadings attached must be forwarded to the Court.

9. At least three business days before the hearing a copy of the notice of hearing, with the appropriate pleading(s) attached, shall be forwarded to the Court, marked "Uniform Motion Calendar.”

A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after hearing time is reserved.

A notice of hearing will be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the Court no later than three business days before the hearing.

The Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

A proposed order must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

The motion must be filed before a hearing is requested.

The Motion must be filed prior to requesting a hearing.

The course Certificate of Completion must be filed before the court enters final judgment.

The parties are required to file the Certificate of Completion in the Court file before the entry of a Final Judgment.

All exhibits for evidentiary hearings or trials must be submitted to the clerk in advance for marking.

• Submission Method: All exhibits for evidentiary hearings or trial must be provided to the clerk in advance of the hearing or trial for marking.

Proposed orders must be submitted within five days after the hearing.

• Deadline for Submissions: Proposed orders must be submitted within 5 days after any hearing.

Deadline

1 business days

Material emailed to the Judicial Assistant for addition to the ex parte calendar must be sent at least one business day before the scheduled date.

To be added to the ex-parte calendar, you should email your material to the Judicial Assistant at least one (1) business day before the scheduled date.

Deadline

3 business days

Parties must notify the Clerk at least three business days before a scheduled hearing if any party intends to appear in person instead of using default Zoom.

Zoom will be the default for scheduled hearings, unless the parties file notice with the Clerk of Court that at least one (1) party intends to appear in person at least three (3) business days before the hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

Exhibits, proposed orders, and cited-case copies must be emailed to the judicial assistant and copied to non-defaulted parties at least three business before a Zoom hearing.

For Zoom hearings involving exhibits, proposed orders, or copies of cases cited, the parties are directed to send these to the Court’s judicial assistant, acollie@coj.net, via email at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing with copies to all parties who have not been defaulted as it custom and required by the Rules.

Deadline

3 business days

The proposed parenting plan and its emailed copy are due at least three business days before the hearing.

If this is a case involving time sharing, each party shall file a proposed parenting plan and email a copy in Word format to astrickland@coj.net at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing. The proposed parenting plan should also be included as an exhibit.

A party objecting to referral to the general magistrate generally must file a written objection within 10 days of service, subject to shorter-hearing and early-service exceptions.

A REFERRAL TO A GENERAL MAGISTRATE REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE A CIRCUIT JUDGE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE THE GENERAL MAGISTRATE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE REFERRAL WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE TIME OF SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. IF THE TIME SET FOR THE HEARING IS LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER, THE OBJECTION MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARING. IF THIS ORDER IS SERVED WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER SERVICE OF PROCESS, THE TIME TO FILE AN OBJECTION IS EXTENDED TO THE TIME WITHIN WHICH A RESPONSIVE PLEADING IS DUE. FAILURE TO FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD IS DEEMED TO BE A CONSENT TO THE ORDER OF REFERRAL.

Deadline

3 business days

Notice that at least one party will appear in person must be filed with the clerk at least three business days before the hearing.

However, Zoom will be the default for scheduled hearings, unless the parties file notice with the Clerk of Court that at least one (1) party intends to appear in person at least three (3) business days before the hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the court no later than three business days before the hearing.

The Court must receive all materials (printed or otherwise) for a hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

Deadline

24 hours

The Trial Set Memorandum must be submitted by email at least 24 hours before the ex parte hearing.

The parties shall complete the form, and submit it as an e-mail attachment to the Judicial Assistant at least 24 hours prior to the ex-parte hearing.

Counsel must request a remote appearance no later than five days before the hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the hearing.

Unless the Court provides otherwise, proposed orders must be submitted within five business days after the hearing.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days after any hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

All exhibits must be provided to the Court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All exhibits must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

Deadline

5 court days

Counsel must request a remote appearance no later than five days before the scheduled hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Proposed orders must be submitted within five business days after the proceeding unless the court provides otherwise.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days of the proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

Every submission must reach the court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All submissions must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

All requests to add or remove a case from the court’s calendar must be submitted by 2:00 P.M.

All requests to add or remove a case from the Court’s calendar MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 2:00 P.M.

A proposed order must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

Motions to cancel sales, including emergency motions, must be provided as early as possible to permit adequate review and action.

Motions (and emergency) to Cancel Sales shall be provided at the earliest possible time to allow adequate time for review and action.

Deadline

3 calendar days

All exhibits must reach the Foreclosure Case Management Office at least three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All evidentiary motions must be filed one week before the scheduled Final Pre-Trial.

All evidentiary motions shall be filed one week prior to the scheduled Final Pre-Trial.

Motions in limine must be filed no later than the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

All motions in limine shall be filed prior to or on the date of the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

Every continuance motion must be in writing and filed by the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

All Motions for Continuance shall be in writing and must be filed by the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

Pleadings may not be amended after the Final Pre-Trial Conference without the Court's approval.

No amendment to any pleadings shall be permitted after the Final Pre-Trial Conference without approval of the Court.

The proposed order must be submitted to the court within seven days after the hearing.

This Order is being submitted within seven (7) days from the date of said hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Unless the Court provides otherwise, proposed orders must be submitted within five business days after the proceeding.

Deadline for Submissions: Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days of the proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing or trial submissions must reach the Court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All submissions must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

The proposed order and a request to identify inaccuracies must be provided to the opposing party 48 hours before submission to the court.

This Order was submitted to the opposing party forty-eight (48) hours prior to submission to the Court together with a request that the opposing party notify the undersigned in the event the proposed Order did not accurately represent the Court’s ruling and the opposing party has not so notified the undersigned attorney.

The proposed order must be submitted to the court within seven days after the hearing.

This Order is being submitted within seven (7) days from the date of said hearing.

The proposed order must be furnished to opposing counsel at least 48 hours before court submission.

The Judge’s policy requires that this proposed Order be furnished to you no less than forty-eight (48) hours before it is submitted to the Court.

A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after hearing time is reserved.

A notice of hearing will be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time.

Deadline

5 business days

Proposed orders must be submitted within five business days after the proceeding unless the court provides otherwise.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within five (5) business days of the proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

Every submission must reach the court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All submissions must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

The order setting a non-jury trial must be submitted to the court within five days after scheduling.

order settinS non-jury trial must be submitted to the court within five (5) days of scheduling.

A proposed order must be submitted within ten days after the relevant hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

All exhibits are due to the Foreclosure Case Management Office three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Memoranda of law and supporting material should be submitted at least three days before the scheduled hearing.

Memoranda of law and supporting material should be submitted at least three days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Unless the court orders otherwise, all hearing materials must be received no later than five business days before the hearing.

Unless otherwise ordered, the Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than five business days before the hearing.

All exhibits and case law must be submitted five days before the hearing.

All exhibits and case law shall be submitted five days prior to the hearing.

A proposed order must be submitted within 30 days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within 30 days after any hearing.

Courtesy copies must be delivered to the court at least two days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Courtesy copies must be delivered to the court no later than two days before any evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers five days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers five days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing, and a late order may require the parties to appear in person.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing. The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.

Motions to cancel sales, including emergency motions, must be provided as early as possible for review and action.

Motions (and emergency) to Cancel Sales shall be provided at the earliest possible time to allow adequate time for review and action.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

The completed Trial Set Memorandum must be emailed to the Judicial Assistant at least seven days before the hearing.

The parties shall complete the form and submit it as an e-mail attachment to the Judicial Assistant at least 7 days prior to the hearing.

When a case settles, the parties must immediately notify the court in writing so it can be removed from the trial calendar.

If the case is settled, the parties shall immediately notify the Court, in writing, so that it may be removed from the trial calendar.

Counsel must request a remote appearance no later than five days before the scheduled hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Deadline

7 business days

Unless the Court provides otherwise, proposed orders must be submitted within seven business days after the proceeding.

Unless otherwise provided by the Court, all proposed Orders must be submitted within seven (7) business days of the proceeding.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing or trial submissions must reach the court at least three business days before the hearing or trial.

All submissions must be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days before the hearing/trial.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the court at least three business days before the hearing.

The Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

Deadline

48 hours

An administrative pass-date request must be submitted 48 hours before the scheduled court hearing.

The deadline to request an administrative pass date is 48 hours before the scheduled court hearing.

Deadline

5 calendar days

Counsel must submit the remote-appearance request no later than five days before the hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the hearing.

Deadline

10 calendar days

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing unless the court orders otherwise.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing unless Court orders otherwise.

Deadline

3 calendar days

All exhibits must be received in chambers three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Within 30 days of the withdrawal order, Plaintiff must either have new counsel file a written appearance or file written notice of self-representation.

Within 30 days from the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall either: Retain new counsel and have that counsel file a written appearance with the Clerk of the Court; or File a written notice with the Clerk of the Court advising that Plaintiff will represent himself/herself.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the Court at least three business days before the hearing.

Submission Deadlines: The Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing unless the Court directs otherwise.

Deadline for Submissions: Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing unless otherwise directed by Court.

Deadline

3 calendar days

Applies to

Exhibits

All exhibits must be received in chambers three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

• Deadline for Submissions: All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Copies of the proposed judgment must be provided to defendants at least 10 days before the trial or summary judgment hearing.

If this matter has been set for trial and/or a summary judgment hearing, Plaintiff shall file the Plaintiff’s proposed judgment with the Clerk of Court by attaching same to a Notice of Filing and provide copies of same to the Defendant(s) by U.S. Mail or via e-portal at least ten (10) days prior to the trial/summary judgment hearing date.

Deadline

3 business days

Parties must give notice at least three business days before a scheduled hearing if any party intends to appear in person rather than by Zoom.

Zoom will be the default for scheduled hearings, unless the parties file notice with the Clerk of Court that at least one (1) party intends to appear in person at least three (3) business days before the hearing.

Post-trial motions must be filed within 10 days after the verdict.

Any post-trial motions shall be filed within ten (10) days from the date of the verdict in this matter and noticed for hearing on ____________ at 3:00 p.m.

The moving party must give at least 10 days' advance notice of the post-trial hearing.

The moving party shall coordinate with the court’s judicial assistant and notice any post-trial motions for the above date at least ten (10) days in advance of the hearing date.

Dispositive and summary-judgment motions must be filed and served at least 80 days before the pretrial conference and noticed or agreed to at least 30 days before it.

All pre-trial dispositive motions (e.g. motion to dismiss for fraud upon the court) and summary judgment motions shall be filed by the moving party and served on all opposing parties no later than EIGHTY (80) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference and noticed for hearing or agreed to by the parties no later than THIRTY (30) DAYS prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

24 hours

Applies to

Pretrial stipulation

For a Zoom pretrial-conference appearance, the joint pretrial stipulation and jury instructions must be filed and emailed to the court at least 24 hours beforehand.

Counsel for the parties may appear by Zoom, pursuant to the addendum attached hereto and incorporated herein, at the Pretrial Conference, so long as a joint pretrial stipulation and jury instructions have been filed with the Clerk of Court and provided to the Court by email at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Applies to

Pretrial stipulation

Counsel must prepare and deliver a pretrial stipulation to chambers at least one day before the pretrial conference.

Counsel shall prepare a Pretrial Stipulation which shall be delivered to the judge’s chambers at least one day prior to the Pretrial Conference and shall contain the following:

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Plaintiffs must serve and file notices for their trial expert witnesses at least 120 days before the pretrial conference.

No later than 120 DAYS prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, Plaintiff(s) shall serve on all opposing counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the following information regarding each expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff(s):

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Plaintiffs must provide two alternative expert-deposition dates within one day after disclosing their experts.

Plaintiff(s) shall furnish opposing counsel with two (2) alternative dates of availability of all expert witnesses for the purpose of taking their deposition within one (1) day after disclosure of such witnesses.

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Each defendant must serve and file a notice for each defense trial expert at least 90 days before the pretrial conference.

No later than 90 DAYS prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, each Defendant shall serve on all other counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the same information regarding each expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of that defendant.

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Each defendant must provide two alternative expert-deposition dates within one day after disclosing its experts.

Each Defendant shall furnish opposing counsel with two (2) alternative dates of availability of all expert witnesses for the purpose of taking their deposition within one (1) day after disclosure of such witnesses.

Applies to

Rebuttal expert notice

Plaintiffs may serve and file a rebuttal-expert notice within 30 days after receiving the defendant's expert disclosure.

No later than thirty (30) days after the plaintiff(s) is served with the defendant’s expert witness disclosure, the plaintiff(s) may serve on all other counsel and file with the Court a notice containing the same information regarding rebuttal expert witnesses, if any, who will testify at trial on behalf of the plaintiff(s).

Ordinary Daubert motions or objections must be filed and served at least 45 days before the pretrial conference.

All Daubert related motions or objections, except those motions that may be directed at rebuttal testimony from Plaintiff’s rebuttal experts, shall be filed and served at least forty-five (45) days prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Daubert-evidence hearings must be noticed, heard, or agreed to no later than 15 days before the pretrial conference.

The party filing Daubert related motions or objections shall be responsible to do that which is necessary so that hearings regarding Daubert related evidence shall be noticed and heard or agreed to by the parties no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Daubert motions or objections challenging plaintiff's rebuttal experts must be filed and served no later than 30 days before the pretrial conference.

Any Daubert related motions or objections related to testimony from Plaintiff’s rebuttal experts shall be filed and served no later than thirty (30) days prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Untimely Daubert motions or objections are denied and the objections are overruled.

Any Daubert related motions or objections not filed or noticed for hearing within the time referenced in this paragraph are denied and such objections are overruled.

Case-specific motions in limine must be filed, served, noticed, and heard or agreed to no later than 15 days before the pretrial conference.

All case specific Motions in Limine shall be filed, served, noticed and heard or agreed to by the parties no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the Pretrial Conference.

Deadline

5 business days

Applies to

Certificate of service

Plaintiff must file a certificate of service within five business days after the order's date.

Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this Order via U.S. Mail to all parties not receiving service of court filings through the Florida Courts e-Filing Portal and shall file a Certificate of Service within five (5) business days from the date of this Order.

Deadline

3 business days

Applies to

Notice of in person appearance

Parties must give at least three business days' notice if any party intends to appear in person instead of using the default Zoom appearance.

Unless the parties file notice with the Clerk of Court that at least one (1) party intends to appear in person at least three (3) business days before the hearing.

The Certificate of Completion is due before the court enters the Final Judgment.

Parties are further required to file the Certificate of Completion in the Court file before the entry of a Final Judgment in both dissolution of marriage actions and paternity actions.

A party that does not want the matter heard before the general magistrate must file a written objection within 10 days after service of the order.

A REFERRAL TO A GENERAL MAGISTRATE REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE A CIRCUIT JUDGE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE THE GENERAL MAGISTRATE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE REFERRAL WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE TIME OF SERVICE OF THIS ORDER.

When the hearing is scheduled less than 10 days after service, the objection must be filed before the hearing begins.

IF THE TIME SET FOR THE HEARING IS LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER, THE OBJECTION MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARING.

If the order is served within the first 20 days after service of process, the objection deadline extends until the responsive pleading is due.

IF THIS ORDER IS SERVED WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER SERVICE OF PROCESS, THE TIME TO FILE AN OBJECTION IS EXTENDED TO THE TIME WITHIN WHICH A RESPONSIVE PLEADING IS DUE.

Deadline

3 business days

Zoom is the default hearing format unless at least one party files notice with the clerk indicating an intent to appear in person at least three business days before the hearing.

Zoom will be the default for scheduled hearings, unless the parties file notice with the Clerk of Court that at least one (1) party intends to appear in person at least three (3) business days before the hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

For Zoom hearings involving exhibits or copies of cited cases, the parties must provide hard copies at least three business days before the hearing.

For Zoom hearings involving exhibits, and/or copies of cases cited, the parties are directed to provide hard copies at least 3 business days in advance of the above-referenced hearing.

A party must file a written objection to the referral within 10 days after service of the order.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE THE GENERAL MAGISTRATE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE REFERRAL WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE TIME OF SERVICE OF THIS ORDER.

When the hearing is scheduled for less than 10 days after service of the order, the objection must be made before the hearing.

IF THE TIME SET FOR THE HEARING IS LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER, THE OBJECTION MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE HEARING.

When the order is served within the first 20 days after service of process, the objection deadline extends until the responsive pleading is due.

IF THIS ORDER IS SERVED WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER SERVICE OF PROCESS, THE TIME TO FILE AN OBJECTION IS EXTENDED TO THE TIME WITHIN WHICH A RESPONSIVE PLEADING IS DUE.

Within 60 days of the order, the Plaintiff must either dismiss the action or file a notice explaining why it remains pending.

Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Plaintiff shall either dismiss this action or file a notice with the Court explaining why the case has not been dismissed.

Deadline

5 business days

A certificate of service must be filed within five business days after the order.

The Plaintiff shall serve a copy of this Order via U.S. Mail to all parties not receiving service of court filings through the Florida Courts e-Filing Portal and shall file a Certificate of Service within five (5) business days from the date of this Order.

Copies of all depositions intended for use at trial must be provided to the Court no later than the Friday before the first day of trial.

Provide copies to the Court of all depositions to be used at trial for whatever purpose on or before the Friday before the first day of trial.

Deadline

3 business days

Applies to

Hearing materials

Exhibits, proposed orders, and cited-case copies for Zoom hearings must be emailed to the judicial assistant and non-defaulted parties at least three business days before the hearing.

For Zoom hearings involving exhibits, proposed orders, or copies of cases cited, the parties are directed to send these to the Court’s judicial assistant, astrickland@coj.net, via email at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing with copies to all parties who have not been defaulted as is custom and required by the Rules.

At least ten days before trial, plaintiff’s counsel must file the proposed judgment attached to a Notice of Filing Proposed Final Judgment As Attached.

Therefore, at least ten (10) days prior to the trial in this matter, counsel for the Plaintiff shall file the Plaintiff’s proposed judgment with the Clerk of Court by attaching same to a Notice of Filing Proposed Final Judgment As Attached.

A party wishing to avoid referral to the general magistrate must file a written objection within 10 days after service of the referral order.

A REFERRAL TO A GENERAL MAGISTRATE REQUIRES THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE A CIRCUIT JUDGE. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THIS MATTER HEARD BEFORE THE GENERAL MAGISTRATE, YOU MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION TO THE REFERRAL WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE TIME OF SERVICE OF THIS ORDER.

When the hearing is scheduled less than 10 days after service, the objection must be filed before the hearing begins.

IF THE TIME SET FOR THE HEARING IS LESS THAN 10 DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS ORDER, THE OBJECTION MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE HEARING.

When the referral order is served within 20 days after service of process, the objection deadline extends until the responsive pleading is due.

IF THIS ORDER IS SERVED WITHIN THE FIRST 20 DAYS AFTER SERVICE OF PROCESS, THE TIME TO FILE AN OBJECTION IS EXTENDED TO THE TIME WITHIN WHICH A RESPONSIVE PLEADING IS DUE.

Preliminary proposed jury instructions and the verdict form must be submitted to the court no later than noon on the Friday before trial begins.

The parties shall submit complete originals of their preliminary proposed jury instructions and verdict form to the Court, with copy to chambers, and served upon opposing counsel no later than 12:00 p.m. on the Friday before the commencement of the trial.

Deadline

3 business days

All hearing materials must be received by the Court at least three business days before the hearing.

The Court must receive all materials for the hearing no later than three (3) business days before the hearing.

Proposed orders with formatting errors or inaccurate “copies to” sections will be rejected.

Orders that are not properly formatted, or that do not have accurate “copies to” sections, will be rejected.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

All exhibits must be received in chambers three business days before evidentiary proceedings.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) business days before evidentiary proceedings.

The completed Division A Trial Set Memorandum and proposed Trial Order are due no later than 14 days before the Case Management Conference.

The parties may avoid this CMC by filing and submitting to the Court a completed Division A Trial Set Memorandum and a proposed Trial Order, no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of this CMC

Negotiated pleas must be accepted by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before Monday jury selection.

The Court will entertain negotiated pleas that are accepted up to 5:00pm on the Friday before the scheduled Monday jury selection date.

Non-evidentiary motions that do not require discovery must be filed within 30 days after the defendant's initial arraignment.

All motions of a non-evidentiary nature that do not require the completion of discovery shall be filed within 30 days of initial Arraignment of the Defendant.

Motions requiring evidence must be filed at least two weeks before the final pretrial conference.

All motions requiring the taking of evidence shall be filed at least 2 weeks prior to the Final Pre-Trial Conference

All motions in limine must be filed no later than the date of the final pretrial conference.

All motions in limine shall be filed prior to or on the date of the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

Consolidation and trial-joinder motions must be filed at least 30 days before the final pretrial conference.

Motions for Consolidation of multiple cases or for Joinder of defendants for purposes of trial shall be filed at least 30 days before the Final Pre-Trial Conference.

Deadline

14 calendar days

Attorneys must submit the proposed orders within 14 days after the hearing concludes.

Attorneys should submit Orders within 14 days after hearing has concluded.

A proposed order must be submitted within 10 days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

Motions to cancel sales, including emergency motions, must be submitted as early as possible to permit adequate review and action.

Motions (and emergency) to Cancel Sales shall be provided at the earliest possible time to allow adequate time for review and action.

All exhibits must reach the Foreclosure Case Management Office three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

The submission of proposed orders and supporting documentation is due no later than ten days before the scheduled hearing date.

Proposed orders and supporting documentation must be submitted to the Judicial Assistant at againers@coj.net no later than ten (10) days prior to the scheduled hearing date.

Unless good cause is shown, motions in limine must be filed at least 14 days before the final pretrial conference.

Absent good cause shown, all Motions in Limine shall be filed no later than fourteen (14) days before the final Pre-Trial Conference.

Absent good cause, a motion to exclude expert testimony must be scheduled at least 14 days before the pretrial conference, and the moving party must coordinate the hearing setting.

Absent good cause shown, all motions seeking to exclude expert witnesses testimony shall be scheduled for hearing no fewer than fourteen (14) days before the Pretrial Conference. The moving party shall coordinate the setting of the hearing.

At least seven days before the pretrial conference, counsel for each party must meet to address settlement, stipulations, exhibits, witnesses, video materials, proposed jury instructions and verdict form, and other matters that will expedite the conference and trial.

No later than seven (7) days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, attorneys for each party shall meet together by agreement instigated by counsel for the Plaintiff(s), to discuss the possibility of settlement; stipulate to as many facts and issues as possible; examine all exhibits and documents which may be used at trial; furnish opposing counsel the names and addresses of all witnesses who may testify at trial; review all video depositions or exhibits to be used at trial; agree to the extent possible on the use of jury instructions and verdict form at trial; and complete all other matters which may expedite both the Pre-Trial Conference and the Trial of this case.

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Plaintiffs must serve and file an expert-witness notice at least 120 days before the pretrial conference containing the required witness and opinion information.

No later than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, Plaintiff(s) shall serve on all opposing counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the following information regarding each expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff(s): (a) the name and address of the witness; (b) the area(s) of expertise of the witness; (c) the subject matter of the expected testimony of the witness; (d) the substance of the facts and opinions about which the witness is expected to testify; and (e) a summary of the grounds on which each of the opinions of the witnesses will be based.

Applies to

Expert witness notice

Each defendant must serve and file an expert-witness notice at least 90 days before the pretrial conference containing the same required information as the plaintiffs’ notice.

No later than ninety (90) days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, each Defendant shall serve on all other counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the same information regarding each expert witness who will testify at trial on behalf of that defendant.

Discovery must be completed before the pretrial conference unless counsel extend it in writing or the court orders an extension.

Discovery shall be completed prior to the Pre-Trial Conference unless otherwise extended by written agreement of counsel or by Order of the Court.

A Uniform Motion Calendar hearing must be scheduled no later than one week before its date.

These hearings must be set no later than one week in advance of the scheduled date.

Deadline

3 business days

The copy of the notice of hearing must be forwarded to the Court at least three business days before the hearing.

At least three business days before the hearing, a copy of the notice of hearing, with the appropriate filings attached, shall be forwarded to the Court, marked “Uniform Motion Calendar.”

All exhibits must be received in chambers three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

All exhibits must be received in chambers three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Proposed orders must be submitted within 10 days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within 10 days after any hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten days after the hearing.

Proposed orders must be submitted within ten (10) days after any hearing.

All exhibits must reach the Foreclosure Case Management Office three days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Deadline for Submissions: All exhibits must be received by the Foreclosure Case Management Office three (3) days before the evidentiary proceeding.

Counsel must request a remote appearance no later than five days before the scheduled hearing.

Counsel must submit a request for remote appearance to the Court no later than five (5) days prior to the scheduled hearing.

The operative case-management order controls the deadlines for filing and serving summary-judgment motions and for conducting the hearing.

The operative Case Management order entered by the Court will specify deadlines for the filing and service of summary judgment motions and the summary judgment hearing.

Deadline

5 business days

Opposing counsel has five business days to file a written response to a motion in limine if the counsel wishes to respond.

Opposing counsel shall have five (5) business days to file a written response if they wish.

Deadline

3 working days

When asked to prepare an order, counsel should draft and circulate it to opposing counsel within three working days.

If counsel is asked to prepare an order, the order should be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three (3) working days

The court will generally set a reasonable deadline for filing proposed orders within seven days after the hearing.

generally, the Court will establish a reasonable deadline for filing the proposed orders within 7 days following the hearing.

The court will generally set a reasonable deadline for filing exceptions or objections to proposed orders within five days after the proposed orders are filed.

generally the Court will establish a reasonable deadline for filing the exceptions/objections pleading within 5 days following the filing of the proposed orders;

The examination date and time must be coordinated with opposing counsel, and if no mutually convenient date within 45 days is agreed upon, the Court will select the date upon written motion without consulting counsel’s calendars.

The date and time of the examination must be coordinated with opposing counsel. If the attorneys cannot agree on a mutually convenient date for the examination to occur within 45 days of the request, the Court, upon written motion, will pick the date without consultation with counsels’ calendars.

When the compliance report is filed within 15 days after the meet-and-confer, counsel need take no further compliance action absent a party motion or court order.

If the Report is filed within 15 days of the meet and confer, counsel for the parties need take no further action to comply with this Order, absent fuither motion by the parties or order of this Court.

Written notice of emergency repairs performed in less than 7 days must be provided as soon as reasonably practicable after the need is determined.

Plaintiffs shall provide written notice of any emergency repairs to be performed in less than seven (7) days to all parties as soon as is reasonably practicable after the need for same is determined.

Within 10 days after the privilege-asserting party submits, the discovery-seeking party may file a memorandum responding to the asserted privileges.

Within 10 days of any submission by the party asserting the privileges raised, the party seeking discovery may make a submission to the Court also in the form of a memorandum directed to the applicability of the privileges asserted.

Submitting a privilege log at the same time as the discovery response is not required to avoid waiver of privilege.

The failure to submit a privilege log at the same time as a discovery response is served, does not waive the privilege.

An attorney should electronically submit supporting materials at least five days before the hearing and deliver voluminous materials to the Court on a flash drive.

expeditiously, the attorney should provide those materials at least 5 days prior to the hearing via electronic submission. (if voluminous, please place on a flash drive and deliver to the Court).

Deadline

3 working days

If counsel is asked to prepare an order, the order must be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days.

If counsel is asked to prepare an order, the order should be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three (3) working days

Deadline

48 hours

The judicial office will respond to email inquiries within forty-eight hours unless the judicial assistant is out of the office.

Response time to email inquiries will be within forty-eight hours unless the judicial assistant is out of the office.

Deadline

3 working days

A requested order should be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three working days.

If counsel is asked to prepare an order, the order should be drafted and circulated to opposing counsel within three (3) working days

Guardianship parties may not submit the proposed annual-plan or accounting approval order until the Clerk’s Report has been finalized and docketed.

In Guardianship cases, parties shall not submit a Proposed Order Approving Annual Plan or a Proposed Order Approving Accounting until after the Report of Clerk has been finalized and docketed.

Within 30 days after service of the defendants' expert disclosure, Plaintiff may file and serve notice of retained rebuttal experts using the same required information.

No later than thirty (30) days after service of the Defendant’s expert witness disclosure, the Plaintiff may serve on all other counsel and file with the Court a Notice containing the same information regarding retained rebuttal expert witnesses, if any, who will testify at trial on behalf of Plaintiff.

A written request for an examination should be made no later than 70 days before the pretrial date.

If examinations under these rules are requested such written request should be made no later than 70 days before the pretrial date to allow time for objections, hearings on same, and an opportunity to reset the examination.

Failure to set an objection for an immediate hearing is treated as abandonment of the examination request.

Failure to set the objection for immediate hearing will be deemed an abandonment of the "Request" under the rules.

Court staff will not review the petition until the necessary information has been accepted into the OLS and/or e-filing system.

The Petitioner ☐/Attorney ☐ acknowledges that the Petition will not be reviewed by Court staff until the necessary information has been accepted into the OLS and/or e-filing system.

The court may require the parties to appear in person if a proposed order is submitted after the deadline.

The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.

Hearing dates and times tentatively provided by the Judicial Assistant are not reserved and may be assigned to other cases.

The dates and times provided by the Judicial Assistant for hearings are not held open and may be used for other cases.

Emergency motions, motions for rehearing, and motions for new trial should be e-filed with the clerk before submission of a review copy.

These motions should first be e-filed with the Clerk of Court.

Attorneys should submit the orders within 14 days after the hearing concludes.

Attorneys should submit Orders within 14 days after hearing has concluded.

Deadline

3 business days

When hearing materials exceed 50 pages, hard copies should be supplied to the Court at least three business days before the hearing.

When the number of pages of the hearing materials exceed 50 pages, hard copies should be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing.

The court may require an in-person appearance when a proposed order is submitted after the deadline.

The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.

A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after hearing time is reserved.

A notice of hearing will be filed and served immediately after reserving hearing time.

If opposing counsel does not respond within 48 hours, the sender may treat the proposed order as agreed upon and forward it to the court.

In the event that I do not hear from you within forty-eight (48) hours from the date and time of this letter, I will assume you agree with the form and substance of the proposed order and I will forward this Order to the Court with the enclosed transmittal letter.

The Court may require the parties to appear in person when a proposed order is submitted after the ten-day deadline.

The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.

Motions to Cancel Sales, including emergency motions, must be provided as early as possible to permit adequate review and action.

Motions (and emergency) to Cancel Sales shall be provided at the earliest possible time to allow adequate time for review and action.

Before requesting an administrative pass date, the requesting party must obtain the other party’s written position and forward it to the Judicial Assistant with the request.

The party making the request must first contact the other party to obtain their position in writing. Once their position has been obtained in writing, it should be forwarded to the Judicial Assistant with the request.

Criminal scheduling change requests should be submitted no later than Thursday morning because the Clerk prints calendars on Thursdays and Fridays.

Criminal Scheduling: The Judicial Assistant may offer a one-time administrative pass date to counsel. Change requests should be submitted no later than Thursday mornings as the Clerk prints calendars on Thursdays and Fridays.

Deadline

3 business days

If Zoom hearing materials exceed 50 pages, hard copies should be provided to the court at least three business days before the hearing.

When the number of pages of the hearing materials exceed 50 pages, hard copies should be provided to the Court at least three (3) business days in advance of the hearing.

Deadline

3 business days

Hard copies must be provided at least three (3) business days in advance if the total number of pages exceeds 50.

If the total number of pages exceeds 50, hard copies must be provided at least three (3) business days in advance

The court may require the parties to appear in person when a proposed order is submitted after the deadline.

The Court may require the parties to appear in person for any order submitted beyond the deadline.