Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami-Dade County Chambers Communication Rules

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Documents sent to chambers require coordination with the judicial assistant by email at least 10 days before the hearing date.

Due to COVID-19, If documents need to be sent to chambers, please coordinate with the Judicial Assistant 10 days prior to the hearing date by emailing mpaul@jud11.flcourts.org.

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If you resolve your matter, please cancel the hearing in CourtMAP. If you do not have access to CourtMAP, cancel the hearing by emailing Maritza De Paul, the judicial assistant at mpaul@jud11.flcourts.org

If you resolve your matter, please cancel the hearing in CourtMAP. If you do not have access to CourtMAP, cancel the hearing by emailing Maritza De Paul, the judicial assistant at mpaul@jud11.flcourts.org

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(305)349-7086

In-person hearings are scheduled by calling chambers at (305) 349-7086 so the judicial assistant can assist with scheduling.

If you would like to schedule an in-person hearing, please call chambers (305)349-7086 and the judicial assistant will help you schedule the hearing.

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The movant cancelling a special set hearing must also email chambers to inform the court of the cancellation.

If you need to cancel a special set hearing, Movant cancelling a hearing must e-file a Notice of Cancellation, cancel the hearing on courtMAP and email chambers at mpaul@jud11.flcourts.org to inform the court of cancellation.

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305-349-5557

Exhibit admissibility disputes must be raised by calling the General Magistrate's office at 305-349-5557 to arrange a Zoom or telephonic hearing before the scheduled hearing.

If there is a dispute as to the admissibility of the proposed exhibits, contact General Magistrate Fernandez' office at 305-349-5557 to arrange a Zoom or telephonic hearing prior to the scheduled hearing to resolve the exhibit dispute.

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305-349-5557

Before submitting a proposed report, the party must confer with the other attorney/party on form and content, and if there is disagreement on form, contact the General Magistrate's office while still submitting within the 14-day period.

Prior to submitting your proposed report, please contact the other attorney/party to agree to the form and content of the report. If there is a disagreement regarding the proposed form, please contact the General Magistrate's office to submit your proposed report within the fourteen (14) day period.

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Request an Order of Referral to Mediation by emailing the Judicial Assistant.

If an Order of Referral to Mediation is needed, please send an email to the Judicial Assistant requesting one.

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When cancelling a hearing please email your notice of cancellation to chamber to asampedro@jud11.flcourts.org (you can only cancel your own setting) with inclusion of OC in the email as well. Once chamber's is in receipt of said email, the hearing will be canceled.

When cancelling a hearing please email your notice of cancellation to chamber to asampedro@jud11.flcourts.org (you can only cancel your own setting) with inclusion of OC in the email as well. Once chamber's is in receipt of said email, the hearing will be canceled.

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If unable to access Zoom, contact the Judicial Assistant or Court Specialist immediately upon receiving the notice to arrange an alternative.

If you are unable to access Zoom, please contact the Judicial Assistant or court Specialist immediately once you receive your notice to make alternative arrangements.

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If parties cannot agree on a hearing date, both must email the Judicial Assistant; if they agree, only one party needs to schedule the hearing.

If the parties are unable to coordinate a mutually agreeable hearing date and time, both parties must email the Judicial Assistant. If the parties agree upon a hearing date and time, only one party is required to schedule the hearing.

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The requesting party must email the Judicial Assistant with all coordination correspondence; the opposing party has 3 days to respond before the Court may permit the matter to be calendared.

After obtaining a proposed hearing date and time, the requesting party must email the Judicial Assistant and attach all correspondence demonstrating efforts to coordinate the hearing. The opposing party shall be afforded three (3) days to respond. If no response is received within that period, the Court may permit the matter to be placed on the calendar.

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Zoom hearing instructions are distributed at least 15 days before the hearing; if not received at least 10 days prior, the moving party must email the Judicial Assistant or Court Specialist to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID and provide it to the other party.

Zoom hearing instructions will generally be distributed at least fifteen (15) days before the scheduled hearing date. If a hearing is scheduled after the monthly Zoom instructions have been distributed, or if Zoom information has not been received at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the moving party must contact the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org or the Court Specialist at lgayle@jud11.flcourts.org to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID to be provided to the other party so they may attend the hearing.

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Landlord/tenant cases are excluded from the Five-Minute Motion Calendar; parties must email the Judicial Assistant to obtain a special set hearing date.

NOTE: Landlord/Tenant cases will not be heard on the Five-Minute Motion Calendar. Please email the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org to obtain a special set hearing date.

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Zoom instructions are sent at least 15 days before the hearing; if not received at least 10 days before the hearing, the moving party must email the Judicial Assistant or Court Specialist to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID and provide it to the other party.

PLEASE NOTE: Zoom instructions will be sent at least fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing date. If a hearing is scheduled after the monthly Zoom instructions have been distributed, or if Zoom information has not been received at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the moving party must contact the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org or the Court Specialist at lgayle@jud11.flcourts.org to obtain the Zoom Meeting ID to be provided to the other party so they may attend the hearing.

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(305) 354-8772

Parties cancelling a Special Set hearing must also call Chambers at (305) 354-8772 to confirm the cancellation.

In addition, the parties must contact Chambers at (305) 354-8772 to confirm that the hearing has been cancelled.

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For a unilaterally set hearing, the requesting party must email the Judicial Assistant with all coordination correspondence attached; the opposing party has 3 days to respond before the matter may be calendared with Court permission.

After receiving a proposed hearing date and time for a unilaterally set hearing, the requesting party must email the Judicial Assistant and attach all correspondence reflecting efforts to coordinate with the opposing party. The unresponsive party shall have three (3) days to respond to the email. If no response is received, the matter may be placed on the Court's calendar with permission from the Court.

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Motions to Dismiss will not be heard on the Five-Minute Motion Calendar; parties must email the Judicial Assistant for available hearing dates if none are available on courtMAP.

NOTE: Motions to Dismiss will not be heard on the Five-Minute Motion Calendar. Please contact the Judicial Assistant via email to obtain available hearing dates, if none are available on courtMAP.

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Add-on matters require prior Court approval; parties must email the Judicial Assistant for further instructions.

No add-on matters will be permitted without prior approval from the Court. Parties seeking to add a matter to an existing hearing must contact the Judicial Assistant by email for further instructions.

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Landlord/tenant matters are excluded from the Five-Minute Motion Calendar; parties must email the Judicial Assistant to obtain a special set hearing date.

NOTE: Landlord/Tenant matters will not be heard on the Five-Minute Motion Calendar. Please email the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org to obtain a special set hearing date.

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If no CourtMAP dates are available for a Motion to Dismiss, counsel or self-represented litigants should email the Judicial Assistant to request a Special Set hearing date.

If no hearing dates are available on CourtMAP for a Motion to Dismiss, counsel or the self-represented litigant should email the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org to request a Special Set hearing date, if none is available on CourtMAP.

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Parties must not email the division email or the judicial assistant regarding scheduling.

PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL THE DIVISION E-MAIL OR THE JUDICIAL ASSISTANT REGARDING SCHEDULING.

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After the Notice for Trial is accepted/filed, the parties must call (not email) the JA, together with opposing counsel, to coordinate a trial date.

-Once the Notice has been accepted into the e-portal or filed with the Clerk's office, please CALL (DO NOT E-MAIL) the JA, with opposing counsel to coordinate a trial date.

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The division email address only accepts emails sent directly from the E-Filing Portal and rejects all other emails.

Please be aware the above email address will only accept emails directly from the E-FILING PORTAL and will reject all other emails sent from other email addresses.

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Parties must contact chambers to notify them of the settlement and its submission via courtMAP.

Contact chambers to advise of the settlement and submission to CourtMap

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* Proposed IWOs and QDROs: If you have difficulty uploading to courtMAP, please email it to chambers so it can be signed via Adobe by the Court.

* Proposed IWOs and QDROs: If you have difficulty uploading to courtMAP, please email it to chambers so it can be signed via Adobe by the Court.

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Case Management Conferences are set by contacting chambers.

Please contact chambers to set Case management conferences.

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If the parties reach an agreement before the hearing, upload the agreed order to CourtMAP and email chambers with all parties copied.

If the parties reach an agreement prior to the hearing, you may upload an agreed order for the motion on CourtMAP. You must notify chambers through e-mail with all parties copied. Send e-mails to sgutierrez@jud11.flcourts.org.

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(305) 354-8722

After submitting an emergency motion through CourtMAP, call chambers to notify the Judicial Assistant.

Please contact Chambers at (305) 354-8722 after submitting your Emergency Motion via CourtMap to inform the Judicial Assistant that said motion has been filed.

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Do not email the judge directly; call the office instead.

TO ALL PARTIES: PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL THE JUDGE DIRECTLY ON ANY CASE(S), INSTEAD, PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE.

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Cancel a Foreclosure Motion Calendar hearing through courtMAP and notify all parties.

To cancel a Foreclosure Motion Calendar hearing, please do so directly via courtMAP and notify all parties.

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Cancel a Motion Calendar hearing through courtMAP and notify all parties.

To cancel a Motion Calendar hearing, please do so directly via courtMAP and notify all parties.

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These are special motions therefore indicate how much time will be needed to address it and contact chambers for a special set date and time.

These are special motions therefore indicate how much time will be needed to address it and contact chambers for a special set date and time.

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Any email to the Judge or judicial assistant must copy all counsel and include a contact number.

If you write the Judge or the judicial assistant about a case, you must copy all counsel in the same email and provide a contact number.

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Counsel must call the judicial assistant to coordinate a date to place the bond motion on calendar.

Call the judicial assistant to coordinate a date to set motion on calendar.

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For pleas, counsel contacts the judicial assistant, who will provide a calendar date (text is a fragment; full procedure appears earlier in the document).

judicial assistant and she will give you a calendar date.

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Parties cannot cancel a special set hearing through CourtMAP; the judicial assistant must do so.

Parties will NOT be able to cancel a special set hearing on courtMAP, that must be done by the J.A.

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If the judicial assistant has not responded within 24 hours to a special set cancellation email, call chambers to confirm whether the hearing was cancelled.

If you have not received a response from the J.A. within 24 hours, you must follow up with a telephone call to chambers to confirm whether the hearing has been cancelled.

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Parties must not email motions directly to the Judicial Assistant or Judge.

Please do not email your Motion directly to the Judicial Assistant or Judge.

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Attorneys and pro se litigants must immediately notify the Court of any settlement.

SETTLEMENT: The attorneys/pro se litigants shall immediately notify the Court in the event of settlement.

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A copy of the filed Notice of Cancellation must be emailed to the Judicial Assistant.

A copy of the filed Notice of Cancellation must be sent via email to the Judicial Assistant at iacosta@jud11.flcourts.org.

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Counsel must notify the Court of any pending hearings cancelled due to settlement.

Counsel shall also notify the Court of any pending hearings that will be cancelled because of the settlement.

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The filing party must follow up on unsigned orders; if properly submitted and not rejected, bring it to the court's attention by emailing or calling the judicial assistant.

It is the filing party's responsibility to follow up on any unsigned orders. If an order has been submitted for the Court's consideration and has not been ruled on, the submitting party should first check to see if the order was rejected or submitted in the wrong folder. If the order was properly submitted and has not been rejected, then be sure to bring it to the court's attention by either emailing the judicial assistant or calling.

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Call the judicial assistant to verify that a motion qualifies for the five-minute motion calendar; non-qualifying motions may be cancelled.

If in doubt call the judicial assistant to verify that your motion is appropriate for the five-minute motion calendar. Motions that are not five minutes are subject to cancellation.

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Zoom mediation may be self-scheduled in CourtMap on Tuesdays only; in-person mediation requires a call to chambers.

YOU CAN SET ZOOM MEDIATION IN COURTMAP ON TUESDAYS ONLY. IF YOU NEED AN IN-PERSON MEDIATION PLEASE CALL CHAMBERS.

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Alternate Judges may only be contacted in case of an emergency.

Please contact our Alternate Judges only in case of an emergency.

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If unable to access Zoom, contact the Judicial Assistant immediately to arrange alternatives.

If you are unable to access Zoom, please contact the Judicial Assistant immediately once you receive your notice to make alternative arrangements.

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Parties may email the JA in advance of CMO deadlines to request additional special set dates when none are available on courtMAP.

Cases with CMO deadlines that need special sets and none are available on courtMAP, can email the J.A. in advance of the deadline, for additional dates.

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Mediation requests must be emailed to the judicial assistant with both parties' contact information; do not contact the Mediation Division directly.

MEDIATION: Mediation requests must be emailed to the judicial assistant with contact information for both parties. Do not contact the Mediation Division as they can't set without a request from the Judicial Assistant.

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Landlord/tenant matters must be set by emailing the judicial assistant and must not be set on the 5-minute motion calendar.

EVICTION MATTERS: To set a landlord/tenant matter, please email the judicial assistant with your request. DO NOT SET ON A 5 MINUTE MOTION CALENDAR.

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All email correspondence to the judicial assistant must copy opposing parties.

Opposing parties must be copied in all email correspondence to the judicial assistant.