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30 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2021-21.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2021-21 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • For cases tiled before April 30, 2021, the Court shall issue a Notice of Requirement for • 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. • Upon such designation, the action shall proceed as provided in the rule. • 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. • 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 • 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: • 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 2 -- 2 of 11 -- • Management Plan, the Judge shall either determine and order an appropriate plan or set a case management conference. • Procedure l.420(e), a Case Management Plan is required only if the Court determines the action should remain pending and shall be issued within 30 days after such determination. • (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 • 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. 3 -- 3 of 11 -- l0.This Administrative Order No. 2021-21 shall be recorded by the Clerk of the Court, in the Official Records of Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties, in the State of Florida, and shall take effect on October 15, 2021, and remain in full force and effect unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court. • Deadline for Service of Process extended if not accomplished within 120 days 150 days or all unserved defendants are dismissed without prejudice • 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 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 • Non-movant shall timely submit a proposed order if the motion/objection is deemed abandoned and denied. l • Must be completed days from the date of this Case Management Plan. • 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. • 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. 2 -- 6 of 11 -- • Deadline for Service of Process extended if 150 days or all unserved defendants are not accomplished within 120 days dismissed without prejudice. • Non-movant shall timely submit a proposed order if the motion/objection is deemed abandoned and denied. 1 • Must be filed no later than i days after completing discovery and heard no later than seven (7) days prior to the pre-trial conference, or are deemed abandoned and denied.
For cases tiled before April 30, 2021, the Court shall issue a Notice of Requirement for
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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.