18 verbatim requirements extracted from 4144-01__2019-04.pdf, across 4 topics.
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie). Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • B. Each appellate panel shall m eet in the county selected by th e Administrative Judge to hear oral argument and conference cases. • 5. The notice of appeal shall cont ain the names of all parties to the appeal and whether it involves a final or non-final order. If the appeal is from a criminal case, state whether the defendant is in custody. If the appeal is fr om a rule 3.850 or 3.853 motion, state whether an evidentiary hearing was held. • 3. For post-conviction appeals w here no evidentiary hearing wa s held, the initial brief, if any, must be filed within 30 days of filing the notice of appeal. • 1. A request for oral argument must be filed as a separate document no later than 15 days after the last brief is due to be served. If granted, o ral argument will generally be limited to ten minutes per side. If there are multiple parties on a side, then the parties must determine amongst themselves how to split the ten minutes. • 2. A notice containing information about where the oral argumen t will be held will be served two weeks prior to the oral argument date. Oral argum ent may be held at the Indian River, St. Lucie, or Martin County courthouses. Y our oral argument will not necessarily be held in the county where you filed your case. • 3. Notices of unavailability are unauthorized and will not be considered. Requests for continuances of oral argument must be based on either a sub stantial commitment preexisting the receipt of the order granting request for oral argument or an emergency situation. Motions for continuance must be filed no later than 72 • Appendix A hours before the oral argument and will not be granted except o n a showing of extreme extenuating circumstances. • 4. Cases without oral argument are subject to the same review, analysis, and consideration by a three judge panel as cases that are orally a rgued. The parties will receive a copy of an opinion as soon as one is rendered by the Court. PROPOSED ORDERS • 4. May issue orders to show caus e and enter orders imposing san ctions on parties for violating the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.410. • This Administrative Order super sedes the following Administrat ive Orders: Administrative Order 91-2, entered March 25, 1991; Amendment to Administrative Order 91-2, entered August 26, 1991; 2nd Amendment to Administrative Order 91-2, entered November 25, 1992; Administrat ive Order 2008-06, entered August 13, 2008, and Administrative Order 2015-13, entered on December 8, 2015. • This Administrative Order shall be effective immediately, but shall not be applicable to cases which have been sent to an appellate panel for review before the effective date of this order. • 4. The full name of the lower court judge who entered the order or judgment being appealed and the date of rendition of the order must be indicat ed on the notice of appeal. • 7. The Appellant must file with the notice of appeal a copy o f (1) the final order/judgment/order of final adm inistrative action being appea led AND (2) any subsequent order on a motion for retrial or rehearing, or in th e case of final administrative action, an administrative order reviewing the action being appealed, if applicable. This policy appeals to all cases except criminal cases. • 4. The Petitioner must include in the appendix a copy of (1) t he final order/order of final administrative action being appealed AND (2) any subse quent order on a motion for retrial or rehearing, or in the case of final admini strative action, an administrative order reviewing the action being appealed, if ap plicable. It is the Petitioner’s responsibility to ensure that the local government clerk transmits the documents that form the record to the Petitioner to be filed as an appendix to the petition for writ of certiorari. The electronic format of the a ppendix must comply with Fla. R. App. P. 9.220(c), and the electronic filing of the appendix must comply with the appeals clerk’s policy lis ted on the E Portal home pag e, which involves serving the appeals clerk with the appendix to preserve the electronic formatting. FILING & INITIATION • 2. Upon filing of a notice of appeal or a petition for writ of certiorari, the Appeal Clerk shall send all parties a copy of the NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS & PARTIES attached to this order as Appendix A; • 4. Upon filing, the Appeal Clerk shall send a copy of the mand ate with the opinion(s) attached to each party, the lower court judge or tribunal, and the Staff Attorney electronically or via U.S. mail. EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE • E. The Staff Attorney is authorized to request and receive directly from the Appeal Clerk the case files, copies of files, and documents from cases, including evidence, filed in the appellate division. • 6. For record preparation, please comply with Fla. R. App. P. 9.200 in civil cases or Fla. R. App. P. 9.140 and 9.141 in criminal cases. Please b e sure to pay the appeals clerk for the cost of any record preparation. Otherwise your record will not be transmitted to the appellate panel, and your appeal may be subject to dismissal. Physical evidence shall not be included in the record on appeal without prior permission of this court. For appeals of administrative action , it is the Appellant’s responsibility to ensure that t he local government clerk prepar es the record and sends it to the Appellant to be filed as an appendix to the initial brief. The electronic
4. May issue orders to show caus e and enter orders imposing san ctions on parties for violating the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.410.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: a8fcab7c621a4a1f00546ba2e49c337b3e9156ed8c418eff2bca416a9e1b4249. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 01 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 02 on hearing time & argument limits.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach magistrate 03 on hearing time & argument limits.