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20 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] JudgeFullerCivilLeeCountyProcedures.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/JudgeFullerCivilLeeCountyProcedures.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The Notice of Hearing MUST clearly indicate that the hearing will be via Zoom and will need to list Judge Fuller’s Zoom meeting ID, which is 983 397 1054. • Your JACS Confirmation Number MUST be on your Notice of Hearing. • Counsel/Parties shall follow the Standards of Professional Courtesy and Conduct for Lawyers Practicing in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit found at www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_2_20.pdf. • If the hearing time exceeds 10 minutes, the following motions should be heard by the Magistrate: • Discovery motions (shall contain a certificate of good faith) • Claim of exemption • Forfeiture-preliminary adversarial hearing • Replevin • GA and MH Cases • Any motions not in full compliance with these rules may not be heard. • All hearings of 15 minutes or less in length, MUST be scheduled through the Judicial Automated • The party filing the Motion requesting an Extended Hearing shall submit a courtesy copy (in paper form) of the Motion for Extended Hearing to the Judge’s office along with a courtesy copy of the motion(s) to be heard. • In compliance with the 20 th Circuit Standards of Professionalism, all Notices of Hearing shall reflect the following: o You MUST include your JACS confirmation number, title of motion(s), filed date, date & time of the hearing, Courtroom and the amount of time that was requested on the notice of hearing. -- 3 of 7 -- 4 o If you have NOT received a JACS confirmation number, your hearing time has not been properly reserved. o Whether the date and time have been coordinated with opposing counsel. • If the attorney has been unable to coordinate the hearing with opposing counsel, the notice should state the specific good faith efforts the attorney undertook to coordinate or why coordination was not obtained. o Please do NOT send courtesy copies of hearing notices, also please do NOT submit proposed orders in advance of the hearing. • No Piggybacking of Motions: • Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be “piggybacked” or “cross-noticed” onto the time reserved for the first Motion, absent prior approval of the Court AND the original scheduling attorney. • No back to back scheduling: • Attorneys may NOT schedule the SAME case or same motion for back to back hearings to acquire a longer block of hearing time (e.g. scheduling two 5-minute hearings to acquire 10 minutes, etc.) Any hearings scheduled in this manner may be cancelled. • Motions for Rehearing MUST be reviewed by the Judge before they may be scheduled for hearing. • Please DO NOT leave a message on the phone AND send an email. • Thereafter, the drafting attorney should promptly submit a copy of the proposed order to the court and advise the court as to whether or not it has been approved by opposing counsel. • If counsel/parties object to an order or judgment submitted to a judge, he/she/they must submit an alternate proposed order or judgment. • All requests for such hearings must be submitted to the Judge in in paper form with a copy of the verified Motion signed by not only counsel, but also their client(s). • The Motion must be filed with the Clerk’s Office prior to or simultaneously with its submission to the Judge. • If you cancel a hearing, you are required to file a Notice of Cancellation and to cancel the hearing on JACS, if scheduled through this service, or through the Judge’s judicial assistant if not, no later than 4PM the business day next preceding the hearing day. • If a hearing has been cross-noticed by self-represented parties or counsel, then they must agree to the cancellation of the subject hearing and file a Notice of • As such continuances will rarely be granted, and then only upon a showing of an unanticipated event and good cause. -- 6 of 7 -- 7 • Stipulations to Continue Trial do not automatically continue the trial. • Motions or Stipulations for Continuance of Trial must be heard by the Judge at or before pre-trial. • All parties shall continue to prepare for trial as scheduled unless an Order is entered granting a continuance. • Opposed motions to continue must include the moving party’s written consent and be coordinated for hearing using JACS. -- 7 of 7 --
The Notice of Hearing MUST clearly indicate that the hearing will be via Zoom and will need to list Judge Fuller’s Zoom meeting ID, which is 983 397 1054.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: aa0f1c05d0da8034bcdc9b9fdf328a02265856ec88c89e53dc7e0fcaf8482335. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
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