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26 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2021-21.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• For cases tiled before April 30, 2021, the Court shall issue a Notice of Requirement for Case Management Plan to the parties in each case requiring the parties to meet, confer, and agree upon a Case Management Plan. • Parties shall use the applicable proposed Case Management Plan based on the definitions set forth below. • The parties shall adhere to the deadlines set out in rule 1.201. • The Case Management Plan shall specify, at a minimum, the deadlines for service of complaints, service under extensions, and adding new parties. • The Plan will also specify the deadlines by which fact and expert discovery shall be completed, all objections to pleadings and pretrial motions shall be resolved, and mediation shall have occurred. • The Case Management Plan shall state the approximate trial date, that the Court will strictly enforce the deadlines established in the Plan, and that a trial date shall be ordered by the presiding Judge when the case is at issue pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440. • Consistent with the time standards specified in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(l)(B) for completion of civil cases, the following maximum periods within which the deadlines required by Paragraph 4 of this Order and the projected date of trial shall be set in the Case Management Plan are established: • 18 months The parties shall file an agreed upon Case Management Plan. • If the parties do not agree on a Case Management Plan, the parties shall notify the presiding Judge and file their respective proposed Plans. • The Judge shall review the agreed upon Case Management Plan, and if the Judge accepts the Plan, he or she shall issue an Order directing the parties to comply with the Plan. • C.) If the Judge does not accept the Plan or if the parties do not agree on a Case Management Plan, the Judge shall either determine and order an appropriate plan or set a case management conference. • (b) subject to a statutory stay or a moratorium preventing the prosecution of the case, the Case Management Plan shall be filed within 45 days after the stay or the moratorium ends, or within 30 days after service of the complaint on the last of all named defendants, whichever date is later. • The Case Management Plan shall address each deadline identified under Paragraph 4 and the projected date for trial if such event has not yet occurred in the case or has not yet been specified by other court order. • (c) not subject to a statutory stay or moratorium, the Case Management Plan shall be filed no later than 20 days from receipt of the Notice of Requirement for Case Management Plan and address each deadline identified under Paragraph 4 as well as the projected date for trial if such event has not yet occurred in the case or has not yet been specified by other court order. • All judges within the Circuit are directed to strictly comply with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545(a), (b), and (e), which require judges to conclude litigation as soon as it is reasonably and justly possible to do so, to take charge of all cases at an early stage and to control the progress of the case until it is determined, and to apply a firm continuance policy allowing continuances only for good cause shown. • Counsel shall strictly comply with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545, which requires lawyers to conclude litigation as soon as it is reasonably and justly possible to do so, and that the pandemic alone is not a basis for a lawyer’s failure to prepare a case for trial or otherwise actively manage a case. • DEADLINE OR EVENT AGREED DATE Deadline for Service of Process 120 days Deadline for Service of Process extended if not accomplished within 120 days 150 days or all unserved defendants are dismissed without prejudice Deadline for Leave to Add Parties and Amend Pleadings Motions must be set for hearing and heard within ? days from the earlier of the date of this Case Management Plan or service on the last defendant, or the Motions are deemed abandoned and denied. • Motions to Dismiss, Motions for More Definite Statement, Motions to Strike, and any objections to the pleadings Motions must be set for hearing and heard within days from the filing of the motion/objection or, if previously filed, within days from the date of this Case Management Plan, or are deemed abandoned and denied. • Non-movant shall timely submit a proposed order if the motion/objection is deemed abandoned and denied. l This Case Management Plan applies to all cases not designated as complex or general under Fourth Circuit Administrative Order No. • 2021-21 to be resolved within l2 months per Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250. Deadline for Completion of Fact and Expert Discovery Must be completed days from the date of this Case Management Plan. • Pre-Trial Motions, including Dispositive and Daubert Motions Must be filed no later than ___ days after completing discoveiy and heard no later than seven (7) days prior to the pre-trial conference, or are deemed abandoned and denied. • Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution Within thirty (30) days from the date of this Case Management Plan, or after the depositions of all parties are complete, whichever is later, counsel shall meet and confer regarding whether an early mediation would be productive to resolve certain issues or the entire case. • A final mediation shall occur no later than thirty (30) days all discovery is completed. • Unrepresented parties must include email address for service. • DEADLINE OR EVENT AGREED DATE Deadline for Service of Process 120 days Deadline for Service of Process extended if 150 days or all unserved defendants are not accomplished within 120 days dismissed without prejudice. • Motions must be set for hearing and heard Deadline for Leave to Add Parties and within i days from the earlier of t
For cases tiled before April 30, 2021, the Court shall issue a Notice of Requirement for Case Management Plan to the parties in each case requiring the parties to meet, confer, and agree upon a Case Management Plan.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 975f1fb9e7377a40…). Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; wording untouched. Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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