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3 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1980-21.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 1980-21 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Whenever the judge who presides over a division to which an action is assigned determines that he is disqualified or that some other good cause exists for doing so, another judge willing to do so may reassign the action to the division presided over by that other judge. • When any action is dismissed without prejudice, voluntarily or for want of prosecution or for any other reason, before a final judgment on the merits is entered, and thereafter at any time substantially the same action (including but not limited to an action for divorce on the same or different grounds), involving at least one party on each side who was involved in the former dismissed action (even though their positions might be reversed, a former plaintiff becoming a defendant and a former defendant becoming a plaintiff), is filed as a new action and assigned to a division different from the division to which the dismissed former action was assigned, the new action shall immediately be reassigned to the division to which the dismissed former action was assigned. • The order reassigning the new action shall be entered by the judge presiding over the division to which the dismissed former action was assigned. • When two or more pending actions assigned to different divisions may appropriately be tried together (because the same incident gave rise to each cause of action or otherwise) they shall be referred to as companion actions.
Iwi-1-1ing to do so may reassign t~lC Llction to the division pr8sJ.dcc.~ . .over by that other judge. . ..,-' ;. '\>< '! (2) Rc-Ji,l"~~~9)~.~Qi~,,,!:!-ssc~_~c.:~on~, ' : ,. .' .. !,.! . f" Hhen any act~on is dIsmisseC!\'lithout prejudice, voluntarily or for \·;ant of prosecution or for any other reason, l' before a finCll j udSIl;1cmt on the merits is entered, and thcre2Liter \, .: at lany time substantially th~ same action (including but not I :l,:-:~' lirrtlted to ~n action for di'Jorce on the same or different grol\nd~)i, ~ in~olving at least on~ pa!'ty on each side v;no y;as involved in the \. i fo~",er dismissed action (eve" tnouc;h tneir positions might be re·· I .';\'.' 'Verlsed I a forr.ler plainti=f beco.iling a ce!:endant and a former dc- I £cndant becoming a olaintif=) I is filed as a nm·} a.ction and assigncc1- i to :a division ciffe~ent frol~ the division to which the dIsmi
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: b882ede98550c81e92a6fc4ce3da895a794790a6491c807bc239772b42435caa. Extracted from the order's own text layer. Identity confirmed by the document's /Title. Text recomposed 2026-09-08 (Phase 3d): read against the official print (Duval Clerk viewer PDF) through the vision lane; wording unchanged.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2003-06.