Judge Bateh enforces a hard Motion Deadline — all trial motions filed one week before the Final Pre-Trial date or not considered — and the FPT is the plea-negotiation deadline, with the defendant physically present.
Florida > Fourth Judicial Circuit > Duval County > Duval County Court > Division CC-C (Judge Michael I. Bateh)
"All Trial Motions must be filed one (1) week prior to the Final Pre-trial date... Absent unusual circumstances, no Motions will be considered if filed after the Motion Deadline date." / "that date represents the deadline for plea negotiations between the parties... The Defendant must be physically present for the final pre-trial conference."
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official PDF on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances in JEREMY I. FRANKER's division.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
Judge Weiss: case law and memos to chambers five business days before the hearing, and every exhibit a party intends to use listed on a notice of discovery and provided to the other side five business days out.
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