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16 verbatim requirements from order [unlisted file in the court's /pdf/ao/ order directory] DCMao_1_13.pdf.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/DCMao_1_13.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Full implementation of the Civil DCM Case Management Procedures (Attachment A), including all uniform circuitwide procedures and forms, shall apply to all civil cases filed in Lee and • Managers and Magistrates to assist trial judges in the process of civil case management and backlog reduction programs, shall be effective circuitwide immediately. • It shall be the responsibility of all parties to check the website for the most recent forms to be used in conjunction with the Civil Case Management Plan and DCM procedures. • The procedures and time standards do not supplant any existing rule, statute, or law. • Management Plan shall be construed as granting any rights not already provided for by rule, statute, or law. 2 -- 2 of 11 -- 3 • To the extent that any provision of this Administrative Order may be construed as being in conflict with any rule, statute, or law, the rule, statute, or law shall prevail. • Conference will be scheduled in standard cases, to be held generally within 190 days from the date of filing the initial complaint. • Management Plan may be developed jointly by counsel for the parties as well as any parties appearing pro se and filed within 150 days from the filing date of the initial complaint. • The use of a Stipulated (Agreed) Case Management Plan early in the case (within 150 days) is intended to allow all parties, pro se or through counsel, to set a reasonable case plan targeting dates for discovery, expert reports and referral to alternative dispute resolution (ADR), without court intervention, provided that the general time parameters are set and adhered to. c. • Contested cases identified as expedited may be set directly by counsel or pro-se litigant for mediation within 270 days, or as practical, as part of the Stipulated (Agreed) Case Management Plan. • Set by the assigned trial judge to occur within 60 days of designation as a complex case with assigned Judge or Magistrate in selected cases; • At least 20 days prior to the date of the initial case management conference, counsel for the parties as well as any parties appearing pro se shall confer and prepare a joint statement outlining a discovery plan, which shall be filed with the clerk of court no later than 14 days before the conference under Fla. • To be consistent with the uniform circuit Case Management Order resulting from the conference which provides: • Pretrial Discovery/Case scheduling plan 10 -- 10 of 11 -- 11 • Plan for referral to ADR • Next Case Management Conference Date • Date for next Pretrial Conference (not less than 90 days prior to the trial date) • Estimated date for trial/readiness date within 24 months • In standard cases, counsel for the parties as well as any parties appearing pro se may waive the initial case management conference by filing a Stipulated (Agreed) Case Management Plan, approved by the Court, within 150 from the date of filing the initial complaint. • In cases where all of the parties, pro se or through counsel, do not file a • Stipulated (Agreed) Case Management Plan within 150 days, or in cases where the plan has been filed but not approved by the Court, all parties will be required to attend an initial Case Management Conference as scheduled by the
Full implementation of the Civil DCM Case Management Procedures (Attachment A), including all uniform circuitwide procedures and forms, shall apply to all civil cases filed in Lee and
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 969ed6a395f604404c00402407d51642ef95fd60d19c9e774ae8bb377039ef91. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.