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11 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2018-07.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2018-07 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • (AOSCl8-6 and the adopted ' policy and procedures are attached hereto as Attachment A.) 2) The Oflice of the Trial Court Administrator shall, as soon as practicable, distribute . the attached policy to all court personnel of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. ‘ 3) This Administrative Order shall be recorded by the Clerk of Court, in the Official • Records of Duval, Clay and Nassau Counties, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by this Court‘. • Anyone authorized to investigate or pursue a complaint of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct hereunder must always maintain an open-door policy that fosters the free expression of any complaint. • If any person has difficulty writing out the complaint and the person requests assistance in reducing the complaint to writing or if the person prefers to submit the complaint orally, the chief justice, local administrator, or OSCA Chief of Human Resources, as appropriate, shall designate a person, who will not be involved in the investigation or adjudication of the complaint, to aid the person in reducing the complaint to writing. ' • In order to ensure that Florida Supreme Court complaint procedures can be utilized without risk of precluding the filing of a charge of discrimination with state or federal entities, an employee or applicant should report an incident of sexual harassment within 90 days of the date of occurrence. • Administration, the other most senior justice if the chiefjustice is the subject of a complaint, shall determine the course of action for internal resolution of the complaint, and may appoint another person, other than the subject of the complaint, to recommend the course of action for intemal resolution. ' • If the complaint and investigation reasonably indicate that the subject justice or judge engaged in activity that constitutes sexual harassment, constitutes sexual misconduct, or otherwise raises a substantial question as to ajusticets orjudge’s fitness for ofiice, the chief justice, chiefjustice’s designee, or the chief judge of the court in which the subjectjudge serves shall refer the complaint and all written documentation pertaining to the complaint to the • All information pertaining to a complaint of sexual harassment must be documented and maintained by the chiefjustice, chiefjustice’s designee, or the chiefjudge of the court in which the subject judge serves whichever officer took final action on the resolution of the complaint. • These procedures do not preclude the referral of a complaint against ajustice or judge at any time by any person to the Judicial Qualifications Commission. • If a complaint has been referred to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, no further action by the chiefjustice or chiefjustice’s designee is required. i • These procedures do not preclude the filing of a charge of employment discrimination with the Florida Commission on Human Relations or the United States Equal Employment
(AOSCl8-6 and the adopted ' policy and procedures are attached hereto as Attachment A.) 2) The Oflice of the Trial Court Administrator shall, as soon as practicable, distribute . the attached policy to all court personnel of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. ‘ 3) This Administrative Order shall be recorded by the Clerk of Court, in the Official
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 314a7f8ef5245aed83adde6a5ea2e121857beee76cd177e91fe95ddbf8c5b75b. Extracted from the order's own text layer. Identity confirmed by the document's /Title.
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.