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1 verbatim requirement on emergency motions in Mark H. Jones's division.
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Monroe County — the Florida Keys), Mark H. Jones's division only. Divisional practices change without notice; the judge's own published page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →If you file an emergency motion, you MUST then email a copy to the Judge’s JA for submission to Judge Jones and you MUST follow up with a phone call.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: fd37c7763b9f09c44ee0133f21930d097e5d15e80b8472db806379400d738a12. Corpus categories folded into this record: emergency motion. 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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Judge Lee requires a detailed emergency motion stating the issues, why an emergency hearing is necessary, and the presentation time needed — the FSC-template standard now appearing across 2026 division procedures.
Judge Thomas: an emergency motion not properly filed with the clerk will not be treated as an emergency — the clerk channel is the only emergency channel.