Judge Lauren Sweet: Remote & virtual appearances — St. Lucie County, FL · BenchPath

19th Cir. — Judge Lauren Sweet: Remote & virtual appearances

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

Summary

3 verbatim requirements published by judge Lauren Sweet on remote & virtual appearances.

Applies to

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

Source of truth

Jail Arraignment/Jail Docket: Jail arraignment will start at 9:30 A.M. on on Wednesdays or Friday unless there are scheduling conflicts. Attorneys must appear in-person unless they are granted prior approval to appear via Zoom by emailing the judicial assistant. (See Section C. Remote Appearance below) All inmates will appear via Zoom from the Saint Lucie County Jail unless a request for in-person appearance is submitted to the judicial assistant by noon the day before jail arraignment. Signed plea forms do not need to be submitted prior to jail arraignment, but plea negotiations are expected to be complete and the offer must be conveyed to the Defendant prior to jail arraignment. Counsel will submit completed plea forms to the Court at jail arraignment for any cases that result in a plea. (Exceptions may be made upon request and for good cause shown). Cases with pending warrants will no

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: 0abb49ead0b4e36f02e36b82e1637d6f0acb9fb4ca5a1e1b001dde2a816e5939. 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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