11th Cir. AO 21-19 · BenchPath

11th Cir. AO 21-19

High confidence· verified August 2, 2026Administrative Orders11th Jud. Cir. Admin. Order 21-19

Summary

2 verbatim requirements from Eleventh Circuit administrative order 21-19.

Applies to

Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade). Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

Verbatim from the operative section of Eleventh Circuit administrative order 21-19, harvested 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. • Annual Leave. Circuit and county court judges are expected to take no more than thirty (30) working days of annual leave within a calendar year. For purposes of this Administrative Order, “annual leave” means “time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits.” The taking of 2 annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judge’s docket. 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. Nothing herein prevents the chief judge or the chief judge’s designee, upon good cause shown on a case-by-case basis, from allowing judicial annual leave in excess of 30 working days. • Parental Leave. Pursuant to AOSC 22-11, circuit and county judges are permitted to request up to three (3) weeks (15 business days) of judicial parental leave. Parental leave is leave granted to a judge based on the birth or placement of a minor child into their care within the first calendar year of that birth or placement. This leave must be used consecutively. A judge who is taking judicial parental leave may request that the period of judicial parental leave be immediately followed by up to three weeks (3) weeks (15 business days) of the judge’s regular annual leave. A judge who is taking judicial medical leave for maternity care as defined in paragraph 2 herein may request that the judicial medical leave be immediately followed by judicial parental leave. 3

Source of truth

Annual Leave. Circuit and county court judges are expected to take no more than thirty (30) working days of annual leave within a calendar year. For purposes of this Administrative Order, “annual leave” means “time away from judicial duties to provide opportunities for rest, relaxation and personal pursuits.” The taking of 2 annual leave shall not interfere with the efficient administration of a judge’s docket. 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. Nothing herein prevents the chief judge or the chief judge’s designee, upon good cause shown on a case-by-case basis, from allowing judicial annual leave in excess of 30 working days.

Official source: 11th Circuit — Administrative Orders registry (API)
Source health: Healthy · checked August 2, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 2, 2026benchpath-11th-2026-08-02

Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 405f33c5821c0512f4f07f93206824c2b343522935501c47f1c949fb640357f4. Read from the order's ORDERED section as numbered paragraphs.