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Eighth Circuit — the Clerk shall NOT accept a civil case for filing without the signed standing case management order (AO 3.09 v3)

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Case Management8th Cir. Admin. Order 3.09 (v3), Standing Case Management Order in County and Circuit Civil Cases (eff. Jan. 20, 2026), pp. 1-2

Summary

AO 3.09 v3 (eff. Jan 20, 2026) imposes Florida's hardest at-filing case-management requirement verified so far: in every county and circuit civil case the plaintiff must sign the standing CMO (Appendix A), file it WITH the complaint, and serve it with the complaint on every named defendant — and the Clerk is directed not to accept the case for filing without it. A fillable version is published alongside the order.

Applies to

All civil actions except those listed in Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.200(a), circuit-wide (Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, Union).

Requirement

In each civil case, the standing civil case management order (attached hereto as Appendix A) shall be signed by the plaintiff and filed in the court file along with the complaint. The plaintiff shall cause the standing order to be served, along with the complaint, on each named defendant. The Clerk shall not accept a civil case for filing [without it].

Source of truth

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Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: January 20, 2026
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-arbitration-2026-07-24

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