10th Circuit: civil case management tracks — streamlined 12 months, general 18 months to disposition · BenchPath

10th Circuit: civil case management tracks — streamlined 12 months, general 18 months to disposition

High confidence· verified July 22, 2026Case ManagementFla. 10th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order No. 3-42.2 ¶ 2(a)-(c)

Summary

AO 3-42.2 implements the Florida Supreme Court's civil case management framework (SC2023-0962) in the 10th Circuit by assigning every covered civil case to one of three tracks, each with its own disposition clock.

Applies to

Civil cases in Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties subject to AO 3-42.2.

Requirement

Streamlined cases — circuit civil non-jury (if agreed), all foreclosure cases, county civil jury and non-jury, small claims where the Rules of Civil Procedure have been invoked, and uncontested cases — are on track for disposition 12 months from service of initial process on the last defendant, or 120 days after commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. General cases — circuit civil jury and circuit civil non-jury — are on track for disposition 18 months from the same trigger. A party seeking complex designation must first file and serve the General Track Case Management Plan and Order, then move to declare the case complex under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.201.

Source of truth

Streamlined cases will be on track for disposition 12 months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after the commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. ... General Cases: will be Circuit Civil Jury cases, Circuit Civil Non-Jury cases and will be on track for disposition 18 months from the date of service of initial process on the last defendant or 120 days after the commencement of the action, whichever occurs first. ... Complex Cases: Parties seeking to have a case designated as complex must initially file and serve the General Track Case Management Plan and Order and thereafter comply with rule 1.201, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, by filing an appropriate motion to declare the case complex.

Official source: 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 4, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 22, 2026BenchPath arbitration 2026-07-22 — live fetch + sha256 custody of the order PDF; operative text read verbatim

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Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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July 28, 2026Monitor: content changed at 10th Circuit — Administrative Orders, Division 3 (Civil). Review before republishing dependent rules.

Pretrial Motions Not Heard by the Transferring Judge Are WAIVED — Trial Division 3

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.

High confidence· verified August 3, 202613th Jud. Cir., Judge Wolfe Practices & Procedures (Trial Division 3), citing AO S-2024-062(28)(A)

Case ManagementHillsborough County · Circuit Criminal Division I · Judge Elizabeth G. Rice

Motions (Except Limine) Waived If Not Heard Before the PTC — Criminal I

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.

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