Monroe County — Judge Derek A. Lewis: Remote appearances

Source of truth

Unless otherwise instructed, parties wishing to appear remotely via zoom must file a “Motion for Remote Appearance” for each hearing and receive an Order granting the same.

Official source: 16th Circuit — Judges
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Provenance record

Source sha256: aad5589158f9677b7baf02d484672fb43cab7b051d8dbddc044481c3fe8ff749. Corpus categories folded into this record: remote/Zoom. 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: Remote appearances

Summary

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