Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Criminal Division I (Judge Elizabeth G. Rice)
"All motions (other than motions in limine) shall be filed and heard before the Pretrial Conference. All motions not heard before the Pretrial Conference shall be deemed waived and shall not be grounds for a continuance." / "Out-of-custody Defendants accepting a term of incarceration must appear in person for their plea." / "Division I currently conducts hearings in-person."
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, fully-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 70f43bb8fc829f8c7e3d1d407d69f7e4af4f6b2d067b540c2a117aa9b3f56e82; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
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.
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