2 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2025-006 only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • WHEREAS, the court facilities over which the Chief Judge regulates use include all courtrooms, hearing rooms, grand jury rooms, petit jury rooms, mediation facilities, deposition rooms, attorney conference rooms, and other offices used primarily by the judiciary or court administration and located within the courthouses and courthouse annexes within the Third Judicial Circuit, and any other facilities described in section 29.008 (1)(a), Florida Statutes; and • Make written request to the Trial Court Administrator with the following information (preferably 7 days in advance):
WHEREAS, the court facilities over which the Chief Judge regulates use include all courtrooms, hearing rooms, grand jury rooms, petit jury rooms, mediation facilities, deposition rooms, attorney conference rooms, and other offices used primarily by the judiciary or court administration and located within the courthouses and courthouse annexes within the Third Judicial Circuit, and any other facilities described in section 29.008 (1)(a), Florida Statutes; and
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: /requirement/i. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.