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10 verbatim requirements extracted from judge-darren-steele__SteeleD-Standard-Template-for-Judicial-Practices-and-Procedures.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.
HEARING TIME & ARGUMENT LIMITS • • Scheduling Hearings: This office does not utilize an online calendar. All hearings must be set with the Judicial Assistant. • Notice of Hearing: The party setting the hearing is responsible for providing notice to all parties, the clerk and the Judge’s office. This should be done as soon as the hearing is set, but must be no less than five business days before the hearing. Mailing the notice five days prior to the hearing is not sufficient notice. • Submission Deadlines: The parties are expected to send memorandums of law and associated caselaw within a reasonable time for the court to review. • Cancelling Hearings: You must cancel hearings by notifying the judicial assistant immediately. You must also immediately file and serve a notice of cancellation on opposing counsel and any self-represented litigant. You may only cancel a hearing set by you. • • Remote Appearance Procedure: Requests to use communication technology for an appearance must be made by motion. Evidentiary hearings, pleas, sentencings are NOT done remotely. Any remote appearance is taken at the end of the docket. All requests for remote appearances are to be in writing and presented to the Court with ample time before the hearing to review the request. • • Deadline for Submissions: Proposed orders must be submitted within 10 days after any hearing. • • Requirements: For example: “If a party believes there is a factual basis for setting an emergency hearing, a detailed motion setting forth the following must be filed: (1) the issues to be resolved, (2) reasons why an emergency hearing is necessary, and (3) the amount of time needed for each party’s presentation. • Scheduling: If the court determines that an emergency exists, a hearing will be scheduled unilaterally by the court. All parties shall make themselves available for the emergency hearing, barring exigent circumstances. • • Format: Exhibits must be submitted to the clerk of court in paper format. All attorneys and self-represented litigants must bring sufficient copies of each exhibit for the clerk, the court, and each party to review during the hearing or trial. Exhibits are to be marked as Plaintiff or Defendant A (B, C, etc). They will be moved into evidence as 1,2,3 in the order they are admitted. H. Pretrial Procedures and Conferences • Case Management Conference: Any party may request a case management conference (CMC) when a case requires. • Status Conference: Any party may request a status conference when a case requires. • Requirements: Any request for a CMC or status conference must articulate the reasons for the necessity of the conference. COURTESY COPIES • Table of Contents A. Communications with the Judicial Office ................................................................................ 1 B. Scheduling Procedures .................................................................................................................. 2 C. Remote Appearance ........................................................................................................................ 2 D. Submission of Orders and Judgments ..................................................................................... 2 E. Courtesy Copies of Case Law and Other Documents ........................................................... 3 F. Emergency and Other Urgent Matters ...................................................................................... 3 G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings ......................................................................................... 3 H. Pretrial Procedures and Conferences ........................................................................................ 4 I. Other Division Procedures ............................................................................................................ 4 • • When Required: Courtesy copies of case law or other specified document must be submitted to the court for any evidentiary proceeding. PROPOSED ORDERS • • Format: All proposed orders must be submitted in PDF/or Word format. If it is asserted that the other party agrees to the entry of the order, there must be something that indicates their agreement. A cover letter from the opposing party or initials on the order near the cc at the bottom is acceptable. • • Submission Method: Submission of proposed orders can be by email to the Judicial Assistant or hard copies mailed. Any email service must provide in the cc of the order the email address of all parties. EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE • G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings • Submission Method: Do not send any evidence to the Court prior to the trial in the cause.
Table of Contents A. Communications with the Judicial Office ................................................................................ 1 B. Scheduling Procedures .................................................................................................................. 2 C. Remote Appearance ........................................................................................................................ 2 D. Submission of Orders and Judgments ..................................................................................... 2 E. Courtesy Copies of Case Law and Other Documents ........................................................... 3 F. Emergency and Other Urgent Matters ...................................................................................... 3 G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings ................................................................
Reviewer note: Document sha256: ff384e19ac7aa38a07a078503ce1fa8b35463ed33a6e2e2678af416339137353. One rule per order rather than per topic, so an order's requirements stay together. Published during the completeness pass. | Title normalised 2026-07-26 for readability; the court's own asset name was "19th Cir. — judge-darren-steele__SteeleD-Standard-Template-for-Judicial-Practices-and-Procedures.pdf: published requirements". Only the display title changed — the requirement text, source URL and hash are untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used anywhere in this chain. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
2 verbatim requirements on hearing time in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.