Judge Baggé-Hernández runs the fullest county-civil template (13 sections) including dedicated Small Claims and Landlord/Tenant-Eviction procedures — courtesy copies go digitally to the division, JAWS is the scheduling default, and unsolicited non-party communications are disregarded.
Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > County Civil Division J (Judge Michael C. Baggé-Hernández)
"When these procedures require a courtesy copy, the copy must be provided digitally to civdivj@fljud13.org" / "All requests for court dates must be made through JAWS when available or by e-mail as set forth below." / "Unsolicited communications from non-parties will not be considered by the Court unless authorized by law and properly made part of the record."
Reviewer note: Cross-model verified 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the live page, sha256 848b7981c7e2a9ebd2a477bcc957324497490c2b80dce88fa461957db8737655; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
3 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Mark R. Wolfe's published division procedures.
Judge Catlin: all case-law authority AND all hearing/trial exhibits due at least five business days ahead — exhibits in an indexed, tabbed binder — with mediation mandatory before any 2-hour-plus hearing on pain of cancellation.
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