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Judge Pena's division procedures require every request for hearing time to be a properly filed motion visible on the clerk's docket before any hearing is set — the court will not accept requests otherwise. Cancellations must reach the court at least 24 hours before the hearing, with the notice of cancellation emailed to the JA when filed.
Administrative Judge, Family; Alachua UFC/juvenile/adoptions/truancy/RPO; Baker and Bradford juvenile delinquency; Veterans Treatment Court Div VIII.
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Ex parte in CV-E is strictly for uncontested matters resolvable in five minutes or less, held 9:00–10:00 a.m. on posted dates (website and outside Hearing Room 739). In-person, telephonic, Zoom, and hybrid appearances are permitted under Rule 2.530.
Judge Wallace's Uniform Motion Calendar takes only non-evidentiary motions, capped at ten minutes per case (five per side) — and the ten minutes includes the judge's time reviewing your papers. Set at least one week ahead; first-come, first-served in Hearing Room 743.
Telephone appearances in CV-D require counsel to arrange a single conference call joining all participants and to courtesy-copy the Notice of Hearing to the JA; the JA prepares the first trial order, but every amended trial order falls on plaintiff's counsel.