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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.
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Civil Division A (Judge Cheryl Thomas)
"Division A encourages the use of remote appearances by ZOOM." / "Jury Trials are in person; all other matters, including pretrials and evidentiary hearings, are on Zoom, unless specifically designated as in-person." / "INCLUDE ZOOM INFORMATION ON NOTICES OF HEARING." / "Proposed Orders must be uploaded in pdf."
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, partially-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 cda74ae0a94e836c6caa54de83fdee1c7e3b647890e19563e8a61907239c35f9; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
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