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VACANT SEAT - Judge TBD

County Judge · Eighth Judicial Circuit Court · Alachua County, Florida

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Report generated July 24, 2026 · 212 verified requirements · 5 sources cited

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01 Division & assignment

No current assignment on record.

Chambers & practice notes

Divisions: Alachua County Criminal III (O-Z), civil traffic, and Week 1 circuit-civil trial back-up coverage.
Judicial assistant: UNVERIFIED
Phone: UNVERIFIED
Fax: UNVERIFIED
Counties: Alachua
Role: Alachua County Court Judge seat
Assignment order: 9.03 (v2026-2)

UNVERIFIED

Courtroom UNVERIFIED - assigned by weekly/master calendar

Captured verbatim from the circuit's own roster, 2026-07-24, during the completeness pass.

Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

02 Procedural requirements (212)

County

Eighth Judicial Circuit, Foreclosures – The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida (pp. PAGE INTRODUCTION) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.

Eighth Cir. — Applicability: Judge preferencesHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Eighth Judicial Circuit, 3.09 (pp. 1) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.

Eighth Cir. — At-filing requirement: FilingHigh confidence

03 Deadline table

Deadline	Trigger	Period	Citation
Mail service +5 days	Service by mail	5 calendar days after	Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514
Final hearing within 15 days	Temporary injunction issued	15 calendar days after	Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.610; § 741.30, Fla. Stat.
Financial affidavit 45 days	Service of initial pleading	45 calendar days after	Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285
Notice of appeal 30 days	Rendition of final order	30 calendar days after	Fla. R. App. P. 9.110
Serve MSJ 40 days before hearing	Hearing date	40 calendar days before	Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510
MSJ response 20 days before hearing

04 Ruling intelligence

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06 Source appendix (5)

8th Circuit — Administrative OrdersHealthychecked July 24, 2026
8th Circuit — Circuit JudgesHealthychecked July 24, 2026
Florida Courts — State Courts SystemHealthychecked July 24, 2026
Florida Courts E-Filing PortalHealthychecked July 24, 2026
Fla. Sup. Ct. Opinion SC2026-0673 — Amendments to Rule 2.515 (AI-era authority certification)Healthychecked July 24, 2026

07 Recent change events

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This report compiles procedural information and public-record research from the official sources cited above, with per-item verification status. It is not legal advice, contains no outcome predictions, and creates no attorney–client relationship. Items below high confidence must be verified against the official source before relying on them. Print with your browser for a clean PDF.

Circuit

Eighth Circuit — AO 1.30 (v3) Notice of Appearance requirements (eff. Jan 1, 2025)High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 1.30 (v3), Notice of Appearance Requirements (eff. Jan. 1, 2025)

AO 1.30 (v3, Notice of Appearance Requirements, eff. January 1, 2025) prescribes how attorneys appear of record in the Eighth Circuit — the operative version of a thrice-versioned order (v2 remains in the media library).

Eighth Circuit — AO 2.01 (v3) governs circuit-court appellate procedure (eff. Jan 13, 2026)High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 2.01 (v3), Appellate Procedure (eff. Jan. 13, 2026), p. 3

AO 2.01 (v3, Appellate Procedure, eff. January 13, 2026) is the circuit's appellate-division order: certificates of service on every notice/brief/motion/appendix (Fla. R. App. P. 9.420(d)), related-case notification, and argument/hearing mechanics. Companions: AO 2.02 (record transmittal) and AO 2.03 (transfer of pending appeals to the DCA).

Eighth Circuit — AO 9.01 (v2026-1) defines the Alachua division structure; a new circuit civil division was created March 10, 2026 (AO 9.17)High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 9.01 (v2026-1) (eff. Mar. 10, 2026); AO 9.17 (v1); AO 9.16 (v1)

AO 9.01 (v2026-1, Assignment of Alachua County Circuit and County Cases to Divisions, eff. March 10, 2026) is the division-definition order for Alachua County. AO 9.17 (v1, same date) reassigned Alachua circuit-civil cases into the newly created circuit civil division (CA4), and AO 9.16 maintains case-draw percentages on reassignment.

Eighth Circuit — AO 9.03 (v2026-2) is the controlling general assignment order (eff. Mar 30, 2026); Davis chief, Colaw chief-elect Jan 2027High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 9.03 (v2026-2), General Assignments (eff. Mar. 30, 2026)

AO 9.03 (v2026-2, General Assignments, eff. March 30, 2026) controls every judicial assignment: 14 circuit judges, 9 sitting county judges, 1 Alachua county-court vacancy ("Judge TBD" — Alachua County Criminal III O-Z), 3 general magistrates, and the judicial hearing officer. Chief Judge William E. Davis (July 2025–present, verified live); the circuit announced James M. Colaw as chief judge-elect with term beginning January 5, 2027. Alachua division definitions live in AO 9.01 (v2026-1, eff. Mar 10, 2026); the five outer counties' case-type assignment matrix is AO 9.02 (v2018-1).

Eighth Circuit — CMO tracks: non-jury trial ~12 months, jury trial ~18 months; discovery closes 75 days and ADR 90 days before trial (AO 3.09 v3)High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 3.09 (v3), pp. 1-5

The standing CMO provisionally designates every case GENERAL; streamlined follows Rule 1.200(b)(2) criteria (limited discovery, established issues, few dispositive motions, minimal documents, trial ≤3 days); complex proceeds under Rule 1.201. Projected disposition: non-jury trial at the first regular trial term one year — and jury trial eighteen months — from the earlier of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after commencement. Other verbatim deadlines: 120-day service (Rule 1.070(j)); new parties within 180 days of the complaint; fact AND expert discovery complete 75 days before trial; summary judgment filed 90+ days before the pretrial conference and set for hearing immediately; objections to pleadings and all pretrial motions resolved 30+ days before pretrial; ADR concluded 90+ days before trial; conferral required before filing ANY motion; firm continuance policy — good cause only.

Eighth Circuit — no AI disclosure mandate for filers was ever adopted; AO 10.07 (v5) governs AI use by court staff onlyHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 10.07 (v5), Acceptable Computer Use Policies (eff. Jan. 30, 2026), §13

The Eighth Circuit never adopted an attorney/litigant AI disclosure or certification order — a full sweep of all 262 hashed administrative orders and 768 per-document receipts found no filer-facing AI provision (the Harvey and "co-counsel" hits were false positives). The circuit's only current local AI provision is internal: AO 10.07 (v5, Acceptable Computer Use Policies, eff. Jan 30, 2026) §13 permits court staff to use AI tools "when such use is specifically authorized" and bars feeding CJI, confidential or sealed case information, PII, or network details to external AI services. Filers are governed solely by statewide law: amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) (SC2026-0673) and AOSC26-12 (both eff. June 15, 2026).

Eighth Circuit — no permanent courtroom assignments are published; AO 9.05 (1984) directs a weekly Alachua courtroom calendarHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 9.05 (v1sp) (Nov. 13, 1984)

Judge profiles publish office rooms, not courtrooms. Courtroom locations in Alachua County are set week to week under AO 9.05 (v1sp, Assignment of Courtrooms, Alachua County Courthouse — Nov 13, 1984, still current in the directory), implemented today through the published weekly courtroom calendars for the Mickle Criminal Courthouse and the Family and Civil Justice Center (both in BenchPath custody). Check the weekly calendar, not the judge's office room.

Eighth Circuit — the Clerk shall NOT accept a civil case for filing without the signed standing case management order (AO 3.09 v3)High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

8th Cir. Admin. Order 3.09 (v3), Standing Case Management Order in County and Circuit Civil Cases (eff. Jan. 20, 2026), pp. 1-2

AO 3.09 v3 (eff. Jan 20, 2026) imposes Florida's hardest at-filing case-management requirement verified so far: in every county and circuit civil case the plaintiff must sign the standing CMO (Appendix A), file it WITH the complaint, and serve it with the complaint on every named defendant — and the Clerk is directed not to accept the case for filing without it. A fillable version is published alongside the order.

Eighth Circuit Division MG (foreclosures — Davis/Kreider/Floyd) — remote appearance only for routine, non-evidentiary matters of 15 minutes or lessHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Circuit-Wide Civil Division MG (Foreclosures) procedures page (circuit8.org, captured and hashed 2026-07-24)

The circuit-wide Division MG residential-foreclosure procedures (shared by Chief Judge Davis, Judge Kreider, and General Magistrate Floyd) limit remote appearances to routine case-management conferences and non-evidentiary hearings of 15 minutes or less, or uncontested matters; contested matters with witnesses and evidence are generally in person. The probate division publishes the same 15-minute remote threshold.

Judge Donna M. Keim (8th Cir., Circuit Civil Admin Judge, Alachua CA1) — published CA1 civil policies and procedures with master trial lists through 2027High confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Judge Keim, Alachua CA1 Civil Policies and Procedures (circuit8.org)

Judge Keim — Administrative Judge for Circuit Civil — publishes a dedicated CA1 Civil Policies and Procedures packet (in BenchPath custody, sha 6d118366…) plus 2026 and 2027 master trial lists for Alachua and for Gilchrist/Union, the approved process-server list for her division, and monthly jury/non-jury trial lists. Her division also anchors the circuit's civil-jury trial-term calendar (2026 and 2027 term PDFs hashed).

Judge George M. Wright (8th Cir., Alachua CA3/Bradford civil) — hearings of 30 minutes or less are on Zoom; longer hearings in person; remote requests 7 days aheadHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Judge Wright's Division Procedures (circuit8.org, captured and hashed 2026-07-24)

Judge Wright's division procedures draw a bright line: hearings set for 30 minutes or less are held via Zoom; hearings over 30 minutes are in person at the courthouse of the case's county. A party seeking remote appearance for a longer hearing must file a Motion to Appear Remotely with a proposed order via the E-Filing Portal no less than 7 days before the hearing.

Judge Julie C. Johnson (8th Cir., Baker County) — hybrid virtual courtroom for criminal/tobacco/truancy; Zoom exhibits due in chambers 3 days ahead; 50-page email capHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Judge Julie C. Johnson's Division Procedures (circuit8.org, captured and hashed 2026-07-24)

Judge Johnson maintains a hybrid virtual courtroom for the criminal, tobacco, and truancy dockets — parties may appear in person or remotely under Rule 2.530, with requests required in advance. Exhibits for Zoom evidentiary hearings must be received in chambers three days before the proceeding; exhibits may be emailed as PDF/Word only under 50 pages, otherwise mailed in a tabbed binder at least three days ahead.

Judge Luis Bustamante (8th Cir., Levy County) — submissions over 50 pages must be mailed in tabbed binders at least 5 days before hearingHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Judge Luis Bustamante's Division Procedures (circuit8.org, captured and hashed 2026-07-24)

Judge Bustamante's division procedures set a hard document-size threshold: proposed orders, documents, and exhibits may be emailed to the judicial assistant as PDF/Word only if under 50 pages; anything over 50 pages must be mailed to the court in a binder or folder with identifying tabs at least five days before the hearing.

Judge Phillip A. Pena (8th Cir., Family Admin Judge) — no hearing time without a filed, docket-visible motion; cancellations require 24-hour noticeHigh confidence· verified July 24, 2026

Judge Pena's Division Procedures (circuit8.org, captured and hashed 2026-07-24)

Judge Pena's division procedures require every request for hearing time to be a properly filed motion visible on the clerk's docket before any hearing is set — the court will not accept requests otherwise. Cancellations must reach the court at least 24 hours before the hearing, with the notice of cancellation emailed to the JA when filed.

Statewide

Computing Time — Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514Medium — verify before relying

Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.514

How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.

Exclude the day of the triggering event.
Periods of 7+ days: count every day, including weekends and holidays.
Periods under 7 days: skip intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
If the last day is a weekend or legal holiday, the deadline rolls to the next business day.
Add 5 days when the party may act after service by mail.

Conferral Required Before Filing Nondispositive Motions — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.202Medium — verify before relying

Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.202

Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.

Confer with the opposing party before filing any nondispositive motion.
Make the conferral a genuine attempt to resolve — document date, time, method, and outcome.
Include a certificate of conferral in the motion (or describe the specific attempts if the other side did not respond).
Check the division's instructions for additional local conferral requirements.

Domestic Violence Injunctions: Ex Parte Temporary Relief and Prompt Final Hearing — Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.610Medium — verify before relying

Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.610; § 741.30, Fla. Stat.

A DV injunction petition is reviewed promptly; the court may issue a temporary injunction ex parte, and when it does, a full evidentiary hearing is generally set within 15 days. There is no filing fee.

File the petition on the approved form — no filing fee.
A temporary injunction may issue ex parte on the verified petition.
Calendar the final hearing — generally within 15 days when a temporary injunction issues.
Appear with evidence and witnesses; non-appearance can end the case.

E-Filing Through the Statewide Portal — Florida Courts E-Filing PortalMedium — verify before relying

Florida Courts E-Filing Portal; Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.525

Florida attorneys must file court documents electronically through the statewide Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (myflcourtaccess.com). Self-represented litigants may e-file through the same portal. Local circuits layer their own formatting and routing quirks on top.

Register a Portal account at myflcourtaccess.com.
Attorneys: e-file every document through the Portal.
Check the destination circuit's e-filing instructions for format quirks before filing.

E-Service of Pleadings and Documents — Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516Medium — verify before relying

Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516

Service of pleadings and documents after the initial pleading is made by e-mail — in practice through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal's e-service feature — to the designated service addresses on file.

Serve by e-mail to every designated e-mail service address (via Portal e-service in ordinary practice).
Confirm all parties' designated service addresses are current before serving.
Include a certificate of service reflecting method and date.

Florida AI Filing Rules: One Circuit-Wide Mandate Is Still Live, and Dozens of Pages Are Still StaleHigh confidence· verified July 22, 2026

BenchPath statewide AI stale-publication audit, July 22, 2026 (53 sources re-fetched and sha256-hashed; evidence in repo docs/handoff/ai-audit-2026-07/)

Only Rule 2.515(d)(2) binds you statewide. Five circuits rescinded their AI orders outright — but the SEVENTH CIRCUIT's G-2026-045-SC has never been rescinded and is still posted with sanctions language. It is preempted and unenforceable, yet it remains the circuit's most recent general administrative order. Dozens of judge pages statewide also still publish AI mandates.

Mandatory Disclosure in Family Cases — Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285Medium — verify before relying

Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.285

Parties in dissolution and most family financial cases must exchange a financial affidavit and specified financial documents within 45 days of service of the initial pleading, file a certificate of compliance, and supplement as circumstances change.

Serve the financial affidavit within 45 days of service of the initial pleading.
Exchange the documents required by rule 12.285.
File the certificate of compliance.
Supplement disclosure as circumstances change — the duty is continuing.

Notice of Appeal: 30 Days from Rendition — Fla. R. App. P. 9.110Medium — verify before relying

Fla. R. App. P. 9.110

An appeal of a final order must be commenced by filing a notice of appeal within 30 days of rendition of the order. This deadline is jurisdictional — missing it generally ends the appeal.

Calendar 30 days from rendition of the final order.
Confirm the rendition date — timely authorized post-judgment motions suspend rendition.
File the notice of appeal with the lower tribunal's clerk with the filing fee.

Small Claims Pretrial Conference: Appearance Mandatory — Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.090Medium — verify before relying

Fla. Sm. Cl. R. 7.090

Small claims cases (up to $8,000) begin with a mandatory pretrial conference where the court narrows issues and typically orders mediation. Failure to appear can result in default or dismissal.

Confirm the claim is within the $8,000 small-claims limit (exclusive of costs, interest, and fees).
File the Statement of Claim on the approved form.
Attend the pretrial conference — appearance is mandatory.
Come prepared to mediate.

Statewide AI-Era Certification: Every Signer Certifies Cited Authorities Exist — Rule 2.515(d)(2)High confidence· verified July 5, 2026

In re: Amends. to Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515, No. SC2026-0673 (Fla. May 28, 2026); Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2); AOSC26-12

Effective June 15, 2026, every signer of a Florida court filing — attorney or self-represented — represents that "the legal authorities identified exist and are accurately cited," with express sanctions (reprimand, contempt, striking, dismissal, costs, fees) for violations. Companion order AOSC26-12 preempts ALL circuit- and judge-level AI disclosure/certification requirements.

Summary Judgment Timing: 40 Days / 20 Days — Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510Medium — verify before relying

Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510

Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.

Serve the motion at least 40 days before the hearing date.
Support factual positions with record citations.
Calendar the nonmovant's response deadline — no later than 20 days before the hearing.
Special-set the hearing per the division's procedure and confirm courtesy-copy requirements.