Judge Elizabeth Metzger: Remote & virtual appearances — Martin County, FL · BenchPath

19th Cir. — Judge Elizabeth Metzger: Remote & virtual appearances

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings19th Jud. Cir., published procedures of judge Elizabeth Metzger — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

1 verbatim requirement published by judge Elizabeth Metzger on remote & virtual appearances.

Applies to

Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie) — judge Elizabeth Metzger only. Chambers procedures change without notice; the officer's own page controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

Private Attorney & Public Defender Docket Call is usually held once per month. Counsel may attend the Docket Call in person or via Zoom. Telephonic appearances are not permitted. Plea negotiations and client discussions must take place before Court commences. Inmates will not be transported unless requested in advance, and all Defendants not in custody are required to appear unless excused prior to Docket Call; defendant’s appearance at docket call may be waived by e-filing a Waiver of Appearance with the Clerk’s office at least three (3) business days prior to docket call. Counsel should have available a copy of the waiver to present to the Court at docket call, if needed. Failure to appear when the case is called or failure of counsel to appear with a copy of the Waiver of defendant’s appearance at Docket Call will result in the issuance of a Bench Warrant without bond, unless counsel

Official source: 19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (live text containment) | prior: benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Reviewer note: Page sha256: ef253cd55b8d62d2c1d3715f735fe0eb9dcf8331467564694f2e2372b37d64d3. Corpus topic: remote_virtual_platform. Published during the completeness pass — the 2026-07-24 arbitration verified this circuit but published 14 rules against 6,388 verbatim requirements. Verbatim from this officer's published procedures, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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Change history

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