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38 verbatim requirements from AO 2020-7 Extension & Modification of Emergency Procedures Related to COVID-19 Virus Through April 17, 2020.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/c6562a45-0c6d-427e-bc9d-3dedb6ccb819/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/Admin-Order-7.pdf?language=en, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The provisions of Nassau County Administrative Orders 2020-1 and 2020-3, attached herein as Appendix A and Appendix B respectively, shall continue in full force and effect through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020, unless expressly modified by this order. • All criminal cases in the felony division shall be handled in the following manner: • C) The specific procedures for handling all in-custody and out-of-custody felony cases shall be developed by the presiding judge and provided to members of the bar. • All counsel with cases pending in a felony division shall familiarize themselves with these procedures and shall abide by them. • All criminal cases in pending before the County Court shall be handled in the following manner: -- 3 of 18 -- • B) For all misdemeanor cases scheduled on the court's docket where the defendant is out-of-custody, the presiding judge shall develop the specific procedures and disseminate them to the bar . • All cowisel with pending misdemeanor cases shall familiarize themselves with these procedures and shall abide by them. • Wednesday mornings starting at 8:00 a.m. at the Historic Courthouse in Fernandina Beach shall be relocated to the Courthouse Annex in Yulee and shall now be start on Wednesdays at I :30 p.m. • B) The specific procedures for handling all in-custody and out-of-custody delinquency cases shall be developed by the presiding judge and provided to members of the bar. • A) Any case in small claims court shall be heard either remotely by Zoom application or telephonically. • The presiding County Court judge shall establish necessary procedures for conducting small claims hearings. • All cases involving injunctions for protection against domestic violence, repeat violence, sexual violence, dating violence, or stalking shall continue to be addressed in the manner outlined in Administrative Order 2020-1. • It is advisable to contact the presiding judge's office at least 24 hours before the hearing to coordinate third-party testimony. • 1.580(a) for the clerk to issue a writ of possession "forthwith" shall be suspended through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020, and no county or circuit judge shall issue an order directing the Clerk to issue a writ of possession during the period of suspension. -- 5 of 18 -- • The presiding judge has developed procedures for all Veterans' Court participants and each participant shall abide by those procedures until regular sessions return. • B) Adult Drug Court and Mental Health Court shall resume on their nonnally scheduled dates starting the week of March 30, 2020. • The following procedures shall be implemented for the period of time apcciflcd below: • All bearings in c:uca pendina in the c:in:uit court civil division (CA cue, aumbm), family law divisions (DR case numbcn), probate division (CP cue ~). and p,mdiamhlp division (GA case numbcn), cxcll.ldin11 petitions for injunction& for protection apinlt domeltic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, and aalltina, shall be conduoted cithl=r by telephonic means or video con&rcncc utnizing the Zoom Applicllion or Skype. • All cin:uil civil jury trials shall be handled in the manner outlined in 8"tion Xl below. • Exhibits fur any telephonic or video connrence shall be p,>vided to the c:owt no le• tlw.n twenty-four (24) hours before the bearing boJinl. • All hearin&s in cases pcndlng in the county court c:ivil divuion (CC case numbcn) shall be conducted either by telephonic means or video conference utilizing the Zoom Application or • AU coun1y court civil jury trials shall be handled in the manner outlined in Smion XI below. 'C. • Exhibits for any telephonic or video conrcrcncc shall be provided to the COLll't no less than twenty-four (24) houn; before the hearing begins. • Exhibits shall bc: fumillhed either by electronic mail or hand deli very to the judge's judicial assistant. • The domestic violence calendars for both circuit court divisions shall proccod forward 011 their regularly scheduled days. • However, the procedures .for each domestic violence case shall be in aa:ordam:c with • No witnc:ssc~ or family mcmbcn shall be allowed in the courtroom unless authorized by the p-esiding judge. • Cases scheduled for those weeks shall be continued to the next regularly scheduled court date beginning the wcek of March 30, 2020. -- 11 of 18 -- • All defendants and part'iipants currently in a Nassau County spcx;ialty court must continue to participate in the color wheel drug tCJting program, or other drug testing program as required by thcir cuc manager, unless the te$ting program has been SU$pendcd. • Additionally, each sh11ll receive a form entitlod ''COVID-19 Modified PSC Requirements" and all defendants and particip,nts shall follow alt oflhe directions contained therein. • Defendants and participanb must still comply with 11.II din:ttions from their case managers, probation officers, usigned ccunaelors cru! therapists, and any pior order of the presiding judge to the extent they are not inconsi.Jtent wilh the d!m:tions conlllined within the "COVID-19 Modified PSC Requirements" form. • Marchman Act cues and Baker /\ct cases (MH case: numbers) shall proceed as regularly scheduled given the urgency of such pc:ti1ions. x. • Shelter hearings shall be conducted in court on an as-needed basis . • Utxlcrstandlng that ~I jury summons must be sent olll by the Clerk oflhe Court by April 3, 2020, the decision to cancel all criminal jury trials for April will be deferred unlil the wctk o£March 30, 2020. • Courthouses"), and those citizens tlJ!at must utilize courthouse services provided by the Fourth • Access to the Niwau ,County Courthouses shall be mtrictcd in the manner mon, fully dc5cribcd in this order until Moflday, March 30, 2020, in accordance: with tho suspension of activities u outlined by the AOSC20~13 and AOSC20-15 issued by the Florida Supn:mc Court. • No member of the g~ public shall enter the Nassau Counly Courthousca unJess the following cin:umstances apply: • Probation services thi'ough Clear View Transfonnlltions shall be conducted by telephone only.
The provisions of Nassau County Administrative Orders 2020-1 and 2020-3, attached herein as Appendix A and Appendix B respectively, shall continue in full force and effect through the close of business on Friday, April 17, 2020, unless expressly modified by this order.
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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.