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10 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1976-18.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. • Effective January 1 of each calendar year, all Judges who have been continuously assigned to one area of primary responsibility in the Fourth Circuit for two (2) years or longer shall be considered for reassignment. • Where the reassignment of a Judge, pursuant to the plan, cannot be effected by consent or -2- -- 2 of 9 -- OR BK 12819 PAGE 2215 by filing a vacancy and another Judge is required to be reassigned without having expressed preference for reassignment, the same criterion herein expressed shall be used to select that Judge for reassignment. • Where necessary, in order to accomplish the purpose of this plan in the reassignment of Judges, consideration shall be given to seniority, based on continuous service as a Circuit Judge first, and seniority based on other continuous judicial service in the Circuit second. • Effective January 1 of each calendar year, the assignment of Circuit Judges to a division and the assignment of divisions to hear and dispose of matters pending in Duval, Clay and Nassau counties, Florida, shall be as designated. • When any such matter requires a subsequent hearing, the responsibility therefore shall rest with the Judge who had initial contact with the case. • Judges shall inform the Chief Judge the dates of the absence and request the assignment of a Judge to temporary service, if necessary. • Pending Post-Conviction or Collateral Relief Proceedings The Court Administrator shall meet quarterly with the Senior Judicial Staff Attorney and Lead Judicial Staff Attorney assigned to the criminal division in order to detennine the status of all pending post-conviction or collateral relief proceedings brought by defendants who have been sentenced to death. • The Senior Judicial Staff Attorney shall prepare a quarterly report regarding the status of all pending post-conviction or collateral relief proceedings. • The Chief Judge shall inform the Chief Justice of the status of all such proceedings on the first day of every January, April, July and October of each calendar year. • Circuit Article V Indigent Services Committee The Chief Judge or designee shall serve as Chair of the Article V Indigent Service Committee of the Fourth Judicial Circuit and shall appoint one experienced private criminal defense attorney and one experienced civil trial attorney to such committee.
Effective January 1 of each calendar year, all Judges who have been continuously assigned to one area of primary responsibility in the Fourth Circuit for two (2) years or longer shall be considered for reassignment.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 d1729297aed3843e…).
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.