Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Hillsborough County Filing Bundling Requirements

Hearing binders and other documents may not be submitted to chambers.

WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING HEARING BINDERS-Please do not submit any hearing binders or other documents to Chambers.

Cross-noticing is prohibited; agreed additions must be cleared with chambers through an amended notice, while unilaterally cross-noticed motions will not be heard and may be denied without prejudice.

Cross-noticing. Cross-noticing hearings is absolutely prohibited. If the parties agree to add certain motions to a hearing, they should file an amended notice of hearing after clearing the addition with Judge Ellison’s chambers. Motions unilaterally cross-noticed will not be heard and may be denied without prejudice.

Exhibits intended for use at a hearing or trial must be submitted in an indexed, tabbed binder no later than three days before the proceeding.

ALL EXHIBITS INTENDED TO BE INTRODUCED IN HEARING/TRIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 3 DAYS BEFORE HEARING/TRIAL AND BE SUBMITTED IN A BINDER WITH AN INDEX AND TABBED.

Orders may not be uploaded until all required documents are filed and three business days have passed to allow the Clerk to docket them.

Please do not upload any orders to E-Portal until all required documents have been filed in the Court file Please wait 3 business days after filing through the e-portal or submitting original documents to upload the Order to allow time for the Clerk’s office to docket same.

Attorneys must not upload orders until all required documents are filed and three business days have passed for the Clerk to docket them.

Attorneys please do not upload any orders until all required documents have been filed in the Court file. Please wait 3 business days after filing through the e-portal or submitting original documents to upload the Order to allow time for the Clerk’s office to docket same.

For non-in-person hearings, counsel must email motions and memoranda instead of submitting briefing notebooks.

Counsel may agree to submit motions and briefs by email for the Court’s review and ruling in lieu of a hearing. If an in-person hearing is requested, please contact Judge Thomas’ assistant, Dorothy Gross, at gencivdiva@fljud13.org to discuss scheduling an in-person hearing. Please do not submit briefing notebooks; submit your motions and memoranda by email if your hearing is not in-person.

Hearing binders and other documents must not be submitted to chambers.

Please do not submit any hearing binders or other documents to Chambers.

Hearing binders and other documents may not be submitted to chambers unless the court specifically approves or rejects them.

Please do not submit any hearing binders or other documents to Chambers, unless specifically approved by or rejected by the Court.

Paper documents must not be sent to chambers.

Otherwise, do not send any paper documents to Chambers.

Courtesy-copy materials exceeding 25 pages must be submitted in hard copy by mail or hand delivery and tabbed and indexed in a binder.

If the materials are more than 25 pages, the materials must be submitted in hard copy via mail or hand-delivered, and also must be tabbed and indexed in a binder.

Attorneys must not upload an order until all required documents have been filed in the court file.

– Attorneys please do not upload any orders until all required documents have been filed in the Court file.

Hearing and trial exhibits must be bundled in a binder containing an index, and the exhibits must be tabbed.

ALL EXHIBITS INTENDED TO BE INTRODUCED AT HEARING/TRIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 3 DAYS BEFORE HEARING/TRIAL AND BE SUBMITTED IN A BINDER WITH AN INDEX AND TABBED.

For UMC Hearings lasting 5-7 minutes and CMC Hearings lasting 15 or 30 minutes, do not submit binders or other paper documents to Chambers.

For UMC Hearings 5-7 minutes, CMCHearings 15 and 30 minutes long (this includes all hearings that are 30 minutes or shorter): NO MORE BINDERS PLEASE. Do not submit any binders or other paper documents to Chambers for short hearing as outlined above.

Motions unilaterally cross-noticed for a hearing will not be heard and may be denied without prejudice.

Motion(s) unilaterally cross-noticed will not be heard and may be denied without prejudice.

A cover letter must accompany each party-agreed proposed order uploaded through the e-portal.

A cover letter must also be uploaded with the proposed order.

Counsel must confer about proposed jury instructions and verdict forms before the pretrial conference, advise the court of any agreement, submit one agreed set by email, and separately submit disputed proposed instructions.

D. Counsel must confer prior to the pretrial conference as to any agreement they can reach on the instructions and verdict forms and advise the court at the pretrial conference E. Submit to the Court via e-mail ONE set of instruction upon which all parties agree. Separately submit other instructions that are proposed but upon which the parties do not agree.

Exhibits intended for introduction at a hearing or trial must be bundled in a tabbed binder with an index.

ALL EXHIBITS INTENDED TO BE INTRODUCED IN HEARING/TRIAL MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 3 DAYS BEFORE HEARING/TRIAL AND BE SUBMITTED IN A BINDER WITH AN INDEX AND TABBED.

A stipulated proposed order must be submitted with its stipulation as one filing.

If it’s a stipulated order please submit the stipulation along with the order as one.

Briefing notebooks may not be submitted.

Please do not submit briefing notebooks.

For hearings lasting 45 minutes or longer, hearing binders may be submitted by regular mail or courthouse drop-off at least three business days before the hearing, but not by email.

For Hearings 45 minutes and longer: Hearing binders may be provided to the Court at least 3 business days prior to the hearing and must be submitted via regular mail or dropped off at the courthouse. No Emails.

Counsel may submit agreed motions and briefs by email and the e-portal instead of a hearing, must contact the judicial assistant about an in-person hearing, and must not submit briefing notebooks.

Counsel may agree to submit motions and briefs by email and to the e-portal for the Court’s review and ruling in lieu of a hearing of if an in-person hearing is requested, please contact Judge Murphy’s assistant,Jaclyn Dingwerth, at gencivdivd@fljud13.org so we know to expect written submissions rather than a telephonic hearing or to discuss scheduling of an in-person hearing. Please do not submit briefing notebooks; submit your motions and memoranda by email.

Hearing binders are encouraged to be indexed, tabbed, and provided to the court three days before the hearing.

Hearing binders are most useful if they are indexed, tabbed, and provide three days in advance of the hearing.

No additional hard copy of a proposed order should be sent to the Court when the order is filed through the e-portal.

If a proposed order is filed through the e-portal, please do not send an additional, hard copy to the Court.

A briefing notebook should not be submitted.

Please do NOT submit a briefing notebook.

For voluminous materials, parties should file the materials and email a concise index with docket references instead of sending large attachments or external links unless the Court authorizes links.

For voluminous materials, parties should file the materials and e-mail a concise index with docket references rather than sending large attachments. Do not send cloud-storage links, compressed folders, external drive links, or file-sharing links unless the Court specifically authorizes that method.

Competing proposed orders are held for submission to the judge until both orders have been received.

which will be forwarded to the Judge upon receipt of both proposed competing Orders.