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30 verbatim requirements from Eleventh Circuit administrative order 17-02.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the operative section of Eleventh Circuit administrative order 17-02, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • Email Service of Court Documents and E-Filing by Registered Users of the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (1) Electronic Filing on the Florida Court’s E-Filing Portal (Portal) shall be as prescribed by the Portal for all other divisions of the Court and in accordance with this Circuit’s Administrative Order No 17-02. • Submission of a document to the Portal by a registered attorney will constitute a notice of appearance in the case by that attorney if an appearance in the case has not previously been made. • (2) In accordance with Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.515, all documents filed with the Court must contain the name of the attorney of record, along with the current Florida Bar number, address, telephone number, including area code, primary email address and secondary email address, if any. • Documents filed electronically with the Court shall not contain an original signature. • (3) Documents are required to contain a certificate of service, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.420 in the form prescribed by Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516(f), as amended. • Thus, if a document is served on the opposing side by email or some other electronic means, the certificate of service must state the electronic means used as well as the date of service. • Electronic filings which do not contain a certificate of service may be rejected. • (4) The date of filing of an electronic document shall be the date it is electronically received by the Court up to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on that - 3 - date. • Any filing on or after midnight will be deemed to have been filed the next business day. • Filings on a weekend, holiday or any day the Court is closed will be deemed to have been filed on the next business day. • Filers must submit documents so that they are properly oriented to be read without needing to be rotated. • After a document has been electronically filed through the Portal, confirmation will be automatically emailed to the filer at the filer’s registered email address confirming receipt by the Court. • (5) Any document filed by an attorney or a pro se party must have all confidential material redacted. • (6) Failure to comply with this Administrative Order may result in the filing being stricken and the case being dismissed or the filing begin stricken and submission of the case to the Court without the benefit of the filing. • If, for any reason, a party is unable to comply with this Administrative Order, counsel must file a motion as a separate document with the paper original brief or document setting forth the reasons counsel cannot comply and requesting a hardship exception. • Electronic Filing of Appellate Records (7) Effective October 6, 2017, the County Court Divisions in Miami-Dade County, in lieu of paper records, shall prepare and submit records on appeal to the Appellate Division electronically. • Paper copies of the record must be served on the parties as specified by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure unless the parties agree to accept an electronic copy or until electronic copies are required to be served on the parties by Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516. • The electronic record shall be compiled in the format specified by Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.200 and shall include an index, a copy of the lower court, lower tribunal, or state agency progress docket and a certification page containing a scanned or electronic copy of the Clerk of the Courts (“Clerk”) certification. • A party may file a motion in the Appellate Division for the inclusion of the unredacted version of a document in - 4 - the record on appeal, respecting the confidentiality of such documents as required under Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.420. • Subsequently filed volumes of supplemental record must be transmitted as separate documents using the naming convention. • Summary records shall also be indexed and bookmarked or hyperlinked and sent separately from the Notice of Appeal. - 5 - Electronic records containing known confidential information must be marked on the cover page and, if possible, the specific documents containing the confidential information should be marked on the index to the record. • (12) The date of filing an electronic record shall be the date it is actually received by the Court up to 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on that date. • Any record e-filed at or after midnight will be deemed to have been filed on the next business day. • Electronic filings made on a weekend, a holiday or any other day the Court is closed will be deemed to be filed on the next business day. • If a party wishes to request that the actual exhibits or physical evidence be sent to the Court with the record on appeal, that party shall file a motion specifically addressing the need for the Court to receive the designated exhibits and justify why the filing of the physical evidence or exhibits is necessary. • Electronic Filing of Appendices (14) Effective as of the effective date of this Administrative Order any appendix filed electronically with the Court shall comply with this Administrative Order. • (16) The electronically filed index and appendix shall be filed as one document but shall be filed separately from the petition, brief, motion, response or reply. • Agreed Extensions of Time for Filing Briefs (17) Effective immediately, a party who has obtained the agreement of opposing counsel to a specific extension of time for the filing of an initial, - 6 - answer or reply brief may file a notice of an extension of time in lieu of a motion seeking an extension of time, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.300(a). • The notice shall be in substantially the form prescribed below: • The undersigned (Appellant/Appellee) or counsel for (Appellant/Appellee) has agreed with (Appellant/Appellee) or counsel for (Appellant/Appellee) that the time for serving (Appellant/Appellee’s) (initial, answer or reply brief) may be extended for ________ days to (date).
Email Service of Court Documents and E-Filing by Registered Users of the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal (1) Electronic Filing on the Florida Court’s E-Filing Portal (Portal) shall be as prescribed by the Portal for all other divisions of the Court and in accordance with this Circuit’s Administrative Order No 17-02.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 8ea7c1b4be1790705c20a749d4f1ae597e3c0523de4d4d3a0f0e3f629fc45d16. Read from the order's ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs. 8 paragraph(s) withheld as too scan-damaged to quote.
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