 Divisional InstructionsUniform Motion Calendar is Monday through Thursday at 8:45 a.m. in courtroom 10C. Uniform Motion Calendar hearings are not scheduled, cancelled or confirmed with our office, nor do we keep a “calendar”. Hearings are conducted on a first ready-first heard basis. File your Notice of Hearing with the Clerk. A courtesy copy of the Notice of Hearing and the Motion must be sent to the Judge’s chambers. Please follow Local Rule 4 Motions in Limine will not be heard at Uniform Motion Calendar. All motions in Limine must be sent to the Judge’s chambers with a request for a hearing. The Judge will review said motions to determine if a hearing needs to be held prior to trial. If you seek to have a motion heard directed to the sufficiency of a pleading, discovery request, or discovery response, please provide copies of the implicated pleading, discovery request, or discovery response If you are seeking entry of a final judgment, please confirm with the courtroom deputy (on your arrival to court) that we have the court file; if it is not here, please give him or her the case number and we will request it. Specially set hearings up to 30 minutes are coordinated with the judicial assistant at (561) 355-1610. Our office does not schedule hearings online. The party setting the hearing must check with all opposing counsel or parties, or at least make a reasonable effort with pro se litigants of their mutual convenient availability. The party setting the hearing is required to prepare a Notice of Hearing to be filed with the Clerk. A copy of the Notice of Hearing and motion to be heard must be sent to the Judge’s chambers. Our office does not require an order setting hearing. Please do not send a letter to our office requesting we call you to set your hearing. Any memorandum or supporting materials to be relied on must be forwarded to the Judge’s chambers at least one week prior to the hearing for review, unless otherwise ordered. If you are requesting more than 30 minutes, submit that request in writing, including why more than 30 minutes is needed, together with a copy of the Motion, to the Judge’s chambers for review. When you notice an action for trial please confirm that it is at issue as to all claims, absent entry of an order permitting trial to proceed on fewer than all claims (Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.440). The original Notice for Trial should be submitted directly to the Clerk. Mail to the Judge a courtesy copy of the Notice with sufficient pre-addressed stamped envelopes (one for each party). It is very helpful to include the most current telephone numbers of all counsel in the Notice for Trial. If you are submitting a proposed order please:
If you are submitting a proposed Order of Substitution of Counsel, please confirm that your client’s written consent has been filed (Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.505(e)(2)) If you are seeking permission to appear by speaker telephone please submit a request in conformity with Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.530(c) Faxes, e-mails and hand deliveries are not accepted by our office. All hand deliveries must be left at the first floor information desk. Receipt of packages/confirmation of signed orders cannot be confirmed with our office due to the volume of mail received and processed each day  |
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