41 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "CC-D Judge Rhonda D. Peoples-Waters".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from this judge's published procedure documents (https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/d6b175fe-a10f-482c-be3f-e7f461f332ac/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/CC-D-Civil-Procedures_2023.pdf?language=en), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the document, whitespace normalised only. • JUDGE RHONDA D. PEOPLES-WATERS COUNTY COURT: DIVISION D DUVAL COUNTY UNIFIED COURTHOUSE 501 W. ADAMS STREET, SUITE 7108 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32202 AKEISHA WRIGHT, JUDICIAL ASSISTANT (904) 255-1255 EMAIL: AkeishaW@coj.net HEARING ROOM 720 CC-D (CIVIL PROCEDURES) Currently hearings are being conducted via Zoom Video Conference. The Zoom Meeting ID number is 822-372-8969. If you are not able to use the Zoom Video Conference app, please dial 1-888-788-0099. Enter the meeting ID number when prompted. Please wait for the Judge to let you in as she may be in a previous hearing. Please contact the Judicial Assistant if you desire to request an in person hearing or trial. • SETTING CASES FOR HEARING: The Motion must appear on the docket prior to requesting hearing times. The party requesting the hearing can email the Judicial Assistant and copy the assistant(s) for opposing counsel. Please provide the case number in the subject line and in the body of the email. Also please provide the Motion(s) to be set for hearing and how much time is being requested. The Judicial Assistant will respond to all with available hearing dates/times. The party requesting the hearing will be responsible for noticing the hearing. If the case settles, please notify the Judicial Assistant ASAP so the hearing can be removed from the Judge’s calendar. • CANCELLATION OF HEARING: When canceling a hearing that you have set, email the Judicial Assistant and copy opposing counsel’s office notifying the Judicial Assistant of the cancellation and why the case has been cancelled. Please be advised that most hearings that are canceled are because the Judicial Assistant has received a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal not Notice of Cancellation. DO NOT assume the hearing is automatically removed from the Court calendar. A Notice of Cancellation that has been e-filed with the Clerk is not sufficient notice of a cancellation. Cancellation of a hearing MUST be confirmed by the Judicial Assistant. • COURTESY COPIES: Courtesy copies of motions and memoranda should be delivered to the Court at least three days before a scheduled hearing on the matter. Motions, pleadings, and memoranda may be provided by e-mail as well as U.S. Mail or hand delivery. However, voluminous pleadings (more than 20 pages, including attachments) must not be emailed. They will need to be provided via hand-delivery, U.S. Mail, or other delivery service. Any binders containing case law shall be received by the Court at least 5 days prior to the hearing. • PROPOSED ORDERS FOLLOWING A HEARING: The Court may request the lawyers prepare proposed orders pursuant to the Court’s verbal recitations of rulings made during a hearing. Such proposed orders after a hearing are to be timely submitted to the Court as follows: 1. If there is an unrepresented party involved in the case not using e-Portal, the party presenting the proposed Order, shall be responsible for providing a copy to the Judicial Assistant with stamp-addressed envelope(s) to the unrepresented party.
County Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, the State of Florida and Defendant shall comply with the following provisions of this Order for the Jury Trial/Selection scheduled to begin Jury
Reviewer note: Page sha256: a8e70ab94dc6af2d448a0aced7dd9edd3f06b98067c2c2d2a2cad89942b6704f. 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 65924135d9a1415ff59224c6b1327e824bd1c3e67b2d8c7f9527c577c6290a37; 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.