Monroe County — Judge Derek A. Lewis: Discovery disputes

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Florida Rule of Civil Procedure. 1.202 requires a “Meet and Confer” on all non-dispositive motions PRIOR to the motion being filed. A Certificate of Conferral is to be attached to the motion. (an example is available on this page). At least one of the attempts to confer, MUST be made by telephone call.

Official source: 16th Circuit — Judges
Source health: Healthy · checked September 8, 2026
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Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

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Source sha256: aad5589158f9677b7baf02d484672fb43cab7b051d8dbddc044481c3fe8ff749. Corpus categories folded into this record: discovery/meet and confer. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified 67 verbatim requirements across this bench but published only 6 rules.

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Monroe County — Judge Derek A. Lewis: Discovery disputes

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