Hillsborough County, FL
All 265 county-scoped rules
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Thirteenth Cir. — S-2026-034
1 verbatim mandatory provision from S-2026-034.
Thirteenth Cir. — S-2026-037
1 verbatim mandatory provision from S-2026-037.
Thirteenth Cir. — S-2026-038
4 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2026-038.
Thirteenth Cir. — S-2026-039
36 verbatim mandatory provisions from S-2026-039.
Traffic Is In Person; Motions Idle 60 Days Are Presumed Denied — Civil Traffic M
Judge Cuellar-Stilo's Civil Traffic division takes no Zoom absent a court order, presumes motions pending 60+ days without a hearing denied without prejudice, and treats unwarranted "emergency" labels as sanctionable — with counsel expected available nights and weekends for real ones.
Trial Division 1: Materials Two Business Days Out, Continuances Five Days Out
Judge Sisco, the Criminal Division's administrative judge, requires all hearing materials two business days before the hearing and continuance requests at least five days before the court date.
Trial Division 2: No Continuances After Transfer — Ever
Judge Goudie's TD-2 grants no continuances once a case transfers in — continuance motions belong to the letter-division judge — and parties may not contact trial divisions to solicit trial dates.
Two-Business-Day Response Clock Before Unilateral Noticing — Family I
Judge Rich's practices PDF (recovered from the portal vein; mod. Dec. 2, 2025): the responding side has two business days to answer availability; only after Court confirmation — or documented silence — does the movant file the Notice of Hearing.
UMC Dockets ARE VIA ZOOM; Other Remote Needs Good Cause — County Civil N
Judge Henderson's practices PDF (mod. May 2026): UMC dockets run on Zoom, other remote appearances require good cause from the requesting party, and unclaimed binders are recycled after 3 days.
UMC Is for Under-5-Minute Matters — Cancelled at 7 — Circuit Civil B
Judge Palermo caps UMC at matters heard in under 5 minutes and summarily cancels any that exceed 7 — no contempt, no testimony, no dispositive motions on the UMC docket.
UMC Runs on Zoom Only; Cancelled Hearings Kill the Zoom Credentials — County Civil I
Judge Edwards's practices PDF: the Uniform Motion Calendar is conducted via Zoom only, remote-appearance credentials die with a cancelled hearing, and Zoom appearances for in-person settings require an uploaded Order to Appear Via Zoom in the Division I queue.
Unilateral Notices Need a Detailed Cover Letter and 3 Documented Attempts — County Civil H
Judge Giardina: 15-minutes-or-less schedules through JAWS, over 30 through the JA — and a unilaterally-set notice of hearing must attach a cover letter detailing at least three attempts to coordinate; hearings in person since February 14, 2022.
Zoom Default for Everything but Jury Trials — Circuit Civil A
Judge Cheryl Thomas runs the 13th's strongest civil Zoom default: jury trials in person, everything else — including pretrials and evidentiary hearings — on Zoom unless designated otherwise.
Zoom Only (Never WebEx); No Piggybacking; No Pre-Hearing Orders — Family J
Judge Bauman: PTCs, trials, and evidentiary hearings require counsel AND clients at the courthouse; the Court will not schedule on WebEx; no piggybacking matters onto set hearings; and proposed orders must NOT enter the queue before the hearing happens.
Zoom Witnesses: ID Check, Room Scan, No Virtual Backgrounds — Trial Division 2
Judge Goudie's remote-evidence protocol is the strictest in the circuit: witnesses show photo ID before being sworn, must be alone in a quiet room, may not use virtual backgrounds, must shut off other devices, and will be asked to scan the room before testifying.