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High confidence· verified August 2, 2026Administrative Orders1st Jud. Cir. — IN THE COURTS OF THE

Summary

3 verbatim requirements from this First Circuit document.

Applies to

First Judicial Circuit (Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from the operative section, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • As of the effective date of this order, all foreclosure actions - newly filed, currently open, and reopened, shall be reassigned to “Division W__”. To avoid confusion and delay, civil divisions in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties shall continue to set hearings on foreclosure cases presently assigned. Any foreclosure matters set for hearing, including lack of prosecution dismissal hearings, motions to withdraw or substitute counsel, summary judgment, or final hearing, whether scheduled before or after July 1, 2013, are to be heard and resolved by the currently assigned judge in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties, and after June 30, 2013, all other matters shall be scheduled with the Division W_ judge. • In processing backlogged foreclosure cases, the civil division judge in Santa Rosa County shall work with the program case managers to facilitate implementation of case management, data collection, and mass scheduling practices utilized by the Division “W_” judges. • Division “W__” judges shall have the authority to determine that a case qualifies as complex litigation, commercial litigation, complex commercial litigation, a case involving counter claims that include a request for jury trial, or any other case that appears to require more time than a basic foreclosure action. Division “W__” judges may conclude that differentiated case management practices suggest such a case would be more appropriately handled by the originally assigned division judge and reassign the case accordingly.

Source of truth

As of the effective date of this order, all foreclosure actions - newly filed, currently open, and reopened, shall be reassigned to “Division W__”. To avoid confusion and delay, civil divisions in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties shall continue to set hearings on foreclosure cases presently assigned. Any foreclosure matters set for hearing, including lack of prosecution dismissal hearings, motions to withdraw or substitute counsel, summary judgment, or final hearing, whether scheduled before or after July 1, 2013, are to be heard and resolved by the currently assigned judge in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties, and after June 30, 2013, all other matters shall be scheduled with the Division W_ judge.

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Reviewer note: PDF sha256: 0f8ebb139ea46b15026dbe45f736b9ff76fe6775bd37582dfbf37e66acb96f9b. Read from the ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs. 1 paragraph(s) withheld as too scan-damaged to quote.