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19 verbatim mandatory provisions from 12-35.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • All media representatives must read this Administrative Order and Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.450 governing technological coverage of judicial proceedings. • All media representatives must display official media credentials with photo I.D. at all times. -- 1 of 4 -- 2 C. • All media representatives must exhibit proper courtroom decorum, dress appropriately, place pagers and cell phones in silent mode, and refrain from eating or chewing gum. • Additional cameras and recording devices, including those not turned on or recording, must remain outside the courtroom. • Cabling of extension cords and power supplies is prohibited in the courtroom. • All set-up and breakdown of cameras and recording devices must be done when court is not in session. • Cameras and recording devices must operate silently and not produce distracting light. • Media representatives shall not engage in any movement or discussions during proceedings that attracts undue attention. • For court proceedings held outside of the courthouse, such as jury viewings of the scene of the crime, the media shall comply with the instructions of the presiding judge and the local Sheriff’s Office. • Placement or use of additional microphones is prohibited without prior approval of the presiding judge. • Use of portable signal distribution systems (e.g. portable microwave systems) is prohibited within the courthouse facility. • There shall be no recording or broadcast of conferences that occur in court between attorneys and their clients, or between co-counsel of a client, or between counsel and the presiding judge held at the bench. • To prevent interference with court proceedings and protect an interested party’s rights, no interviews shall be permitted in the presence of the jury or any potential juror. • No interviews shall be permitted within any courthouse facility which unreasonably interferes with the safety, security, or movement of persons in any courtroom, doorway, hallway, and other areas of any courthouse facility, or which disrupts any court proceeding. • Additionally, media personnel shall not station themselves or their equipment in public areas of the courthouse in any manner that unreasonably interferes with the safety, security, or movement of persons or which is disruptive to any court proceeding. -- 2 of 4 -- 3 L. • Special access to these areas is prohibited without express permission by the Court. • The Sheriff’s Office shall confiscate devices that are being used in violation of this Administrative Order. • The committee shall consist of at least one print media representative, one television broadcast media representative, and one audio broadcast representative, as well as a member of Court Administration who will act as a liaison between the Court and the media for the duration of the case. • Nothing in this Administrative Order shall be construed to limit or impair the authority of the presiding judge, and when warranted, these procedures may be modified to control the conduct of pending proceedings, ensure the fair administration of justice, or ensure public safety.
All media representatives must read this Administrative Order and Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.450 governing technological coverage of judicial proceedings.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 18c5afd2ecbdb1e0eb10f310bd52483c4329e8db14503d526d22bb860599bded (160643 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
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.