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9 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Fabienne E. Fahnestock only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →All hearings are to be set online using the 17th Circuit’s Case Management System (CMS). Unless otherwise ordered, uniform motion calendar hearings (“UMC”) set on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, and all case management conferences (“CMC”) will be by video conference (Zoom). Zoom sign-on instructions are attached as Exhibit A. Please include the Zoom instructions in your Notice of Hearing. If your hearing is by Zoom, do not designate the courthouse address as the hearing location.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: e3478c7600837cb7c83d1bdc674e1c6e164b8e189672d25e27efe0bbf773397a. Corpus categories: EXHIBITS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.