1st Cir. — IN AND FOR THE COURTS OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT · BenchPath

1st Cir. — IN AND FOR THE COURTS OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

High confidence· verified August 2, 2026Administrative Orders1st Jud. Cir. — IN AND FOR THE COURTS OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

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. • Circuit court and county court judges are expected to take no more than 30 working days of annual leave. For the purposes of this administrative order, “annual leave” means “time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits.” Annual leave does not encompass sick leave, education leave, military leave, leave to serve on court or bar committees, or other leave in the furtherance of justice. The taking of annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judicial officer’s docket. • Before any judicial annual leave of one day or more is taken, each judge must notify the Chief Judge’s Administrative Assistant by e-mail of her or his intention to take judicial annual leave and must indicate the specific date(s) for which annual leave is to be used. If for any reason a judge cannot give advance notice of judicial annual leave as specified herein, then the judge must report the taking of judicial annual leave as soon as practicable. • Unused judicial annual leave does not accrue from year to year. No judge shall be entitled to be paid for those hours of judicial annual leave not taken within a calendar year.

Source of truth

Circuit court and county court judges are expected to take no more than 30 working days of annual leave. For the purposes of this administrative order, “annual leave” means “time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits.” Annual leave does not encompass sick leave, education leave, military leave, leave to serve on court or bar committees, or other leave in the furtherance of justice. The taking of annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judicial officer’s docket.

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Last verified: August 2, 2026benchpath-1st-close-2026-08-02

Reviewer note: PDF sha256: dbdfa2960008174d9c9a2e5363cbb98014f0f1a7717381d0e47151c2b00c8c85. Read from the ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs.