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31 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "Judge Hector Murcia Bustos".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Clay County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from this judge's published procedure documents (https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/2d7d0fc6-6837-45c4-aaa7-a76e6d3b6bed/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/Murcia-Bustos-Standard-Procedures.pdf?language=en), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the document, whitespace normalised only. • 2 • Unsolicited Communications: Unsolicited communications from non- parties will not be considered by the court. Parties may only contact the judicial office in accordance with these practices and procedures. • • E-Filing Portal Contact Information: All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide an e-mail address to receive signed orders electronically, unless excused. Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.516. It is the responsibility of attorneys and self-represented litigants to update their contact information using Form 2.603 any time there is a change in the e-mail account registered for electronic service. • • Response to Inquiries: Response time to email inquiries will be within forty-eight hours unless the judicial assistant is out of the office. The judicial assistant is not authorized to provide legal advice. • B. Scheduling Procedures • Scheduling Hearings: Hearings must be requested by e-mail to blunckm@clayclerk.com. The scheduling party should e-mail the judicial assistant, copying opposing counsel and any self-represented litigant, to coordinate the scheduling of the hearing. Motions must be docketed prior to requesting hearing date. Hearings over one hour require a motion to set. Potential dates will be provided for you to coordinate with opposing counsel. Please coordinate amongst yourselves and provide your final agreed upon date to the JA. Prospective dates are not held or guaranteed until a confirmation email is received. Once a date is agreed upon, the JA will coordinate your hearing and provide the Zoom link (if applicable) at which time counsel may prepare a notice of hearing. • • Notice of Hearing: A notice of hearing must be filed and served immediately after reserving and receiving confirmation of a hearing time.
All communications to the judicial office must be submitted by e-mail to blunckm@clayclerk.com.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: 2a4d274fd16955060e38f246d86bfb10bcf96384a2f0d91ea4b3197b7287f06a. Requirements taken from the judge's own procedure documents' text layers. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, directory-follow): the recorded source was the jud4 link directory; recomposed from the judge's own linked procedure document, sha256 5935e05d63dbdbde005dbe5e8fbbeaaa55196accceda9662d5a2e30294833373; source_url repaired to the document quoted.]
Judge Damico's order specs are exacting: OLS submission in Word only, "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida," every party's name and address, subject matter in the title, 1-inch margins, 12-point ADA-accessible font.
Judge Keever-Agrama's office is the courthouse outlier: it does not communicate via e-mail at all — call the Judicial Assistant, including for special-set dates.