Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties Courtesy Copy Requirements

Courtesy copies of material under 20 pages must be emailed to the court.

Any material under 20 pages must be submitted to the court by e-mail to LabodaPleadings@ca.cjis20.org.

Material over 20 pages must be submitted to the court by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the judicial office.

Any material over 20 pages must be submitted to the court by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the judicial office.

Courtesy copies must be submitted at least seven days before a hearing or trial.

Courtesy copies must be submitted to the court no later than seven (7) days before any hearing or trial.

The Judicial Assistant will not schedule a discovery-motion hearing until receiving a courtesy copy of the motion and its certificate of good faith.

The Court's Judicial Assistant will not schedule any hearings on discovery motions without first receiving a courtesy copy of the motion and the accompanying certificate of good faith.

A copy must be provided to Judge Brown’s office when an exception to a magistrate’s recommended order is filed.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE MAGISTRATE’S RECOMMENDED ORDERS: If an Exception to the Magistrate's Recommended Order is filed, please provide a copy to Judge Brown’s office.

Courtesy copies over 50 pages must be sent by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the judicial office.

Courtesy copies in excess of 50 pages must be submitted to the Court by U.S. Mail or hand-delivered to the judicial office.

Courtesy copies must be submitted at least three days before the scheduled hearing.

Courtesy copies must be submitted at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled hearing.

Courtesy copies of hearing notices, motions, and proposed orders must not be sent in advance.

• Please do not send courtesy copies of hearing notices, motions or proposed orders in advance.

Motions for rehearing or new trial must be submitted in writing, and courtesy copies may be emailed to the court’s pleadings address.

• Motions for Rehearing and/or Motions for New Trial must be submitted to the Court in writing. The Court will then decide whether a hearing will be granted. Courtesy copies the motion may be emailed to kkylepleadings@ca.cjis20.org.

Copies and envelopes for courtesy copies of orders are required in all foreclosure cases.

Yes, for all Foreclosure Cases.

Copies of the final judgment and envelopes must be provided for pro se parties.

We need copies of the Final Judgment and Envelopes for Pro se Parties.

A courtesy copy must be submitted to the Court in Chambers when a Motion for Rehearing is filed.

Upon filing a Motion for Rehearing, a courtesy copy must be submitted to the Court for review and consideration in Chambers.

Required

Never

Courtesy copies of hearing notices must not be sent to the court.

Do not send courtesy copies of hearing notices to the Court.

One courtesy copy of a motion for rehearing or new trial must be sent to the judge’s chambers by email or through the E-Portal.

Please send a courtesy copy of the motion to the Judge’s Chambers (via Electronic Mail or the E-Portal).

Material already filed with the clerk should not be submitted as a courtesy copy.

Do not submit any material that has already been filed with the Clerk.

Remote-hearing exhibits should include a table of contents and an emailed courtesy copy to chambers.

A Table of Contents should be attached and a courtesy copy submitted to the Court in Chambers (via email).

After a motion is filed and appears on the Clerk’s docket, a courtesy copy should be emailed to the Judicial Assistant for the Court’s review.

Once the Motion has been filed and is viewable on the Clerk’s docket, a courtesy copy of the Motion should be submitted via email to the Judicial Assistant at KDenatale@ca.cjis20.org for the Court’s review and consideration.

A copy of an exception to the Magistrate's recommended order must be provided to Judge Brodie's office.

If an Exception to the Magistrate's Recommended Order is filed, please provide a copy to Judge Brodie's office.

A courtesy copy of an exception to the magistrate’s recommended order must be provided to the judge’s office with a cover letter stating the hearing time needed.

If an Exception to the Magistrate’s Recommended Order is filed, please provide a courtesy copy to Judge Loukonen’s office along with a cover letter stating the time needed for a hearing on the Exceptions.

When canceling a hearing, counsel must cancel it in JACS and email one courtesy copy of the Notice of Cancellation to the judge's office.

If you are cancelling a hearing, please make sure you cancel the hearing in JACS and send a courtesy copy of your Notice of Cancellation to office at lee-civil-divisioni@ca.cjis20.org.

Self-represented litigants excused from email service may submit courtesy copies by mail or hand-delivery.

Self-represented litigants excused from e-mail service may submit courtesy copies to the court by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to the judicial office.

Courtesy copies under 50 pages may be submitted to the court by email at the specified address.

Courtesy copies less than 50 pages can be submitted to the Court by e-mail to ggentilecivil@ca.cjis20.org.

Judge McHugh does not require courtesy copies of pleadings.

Judge McHugh does not require copies of any pleadings.

Parties may email a bookmarked PDF courtesy copy of hearing documents to Chambers no later than five days before the hearing.

Parties may provide courtesy copies of documents they intend to use for the hearing. No later than five (5) days before the scheduled hearing, a courtesy copy in PDF format with bookmarks should be emailed to Chambers at Lee-Civil-DivisionI@ca.cjis20.org.