5 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.
Third Judicial Circuit — 2025-008 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. • Unless a different timeframe is ordered by the Court, the transcript of the designated proceeding(s) shall be prepared within 30 days. • At the conclusion of a case management conference, Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 or 3.851 evidentiary hearing, or any other evidentiary postconviction hearings in a case in which a death sentence has been imposed, the judge conducting the hearing shall orally instruct the court reporter to immediately begin to transcribe the hearing(s). • In accordance with Rule 2.535(j), transcription of hearings for appeals of orders in juvenile dependency and termination of parental rights cases shall be given priority, consistent with Rule 2.215(g), over transcription of all other proceedings, unless otherwise ordered by the Court based upon a demonstrated exigency. • Transcripts prepared after release of employment shall be delivered to Court Administration for distribution along with the notes within 45 days from the date the notes are released. • All stenographic notes and recordings must be returned within 45 days from the date the notes are released.
Unless a different timeframe is ordered by the Court, the transcript of the designated proceeding(s) shall be prepared within 30 days.
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.