2 verbatim chambers requirements from Kathleen M. Williams's published procedures (emergency motions).
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida — Kathleen M. Williams's cases only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the judge's own published document controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Absent an emergency, requests for extensions of time must be presented to the Court, by motion, no later than 48 hours prior to the deadline from which the Parties are seeking relief.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from the document(s) the judge's own official page (https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/content/judge-kathleen-m-williams) links: https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/Judge-Williams-Court-Practices-Procedures-for-Civil-Cases.pdf (sha256 d59e7ed8270e, pdf, 12 pages). Whole sentences with mandatory language, verbatim, whitespace normalised only; scan-damage signals reject a sentence outright; grouped by topic as the 2026-08-02 judge-profile lane. Custody: BenchPath's private custody store.
Judge Tompkins orders counsel to study Smith v. Crider before filing an emergency motion, files it with the Clerk only (never deliver to the judge), and runs UMC at 7–10 minutes per case.
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