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2 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "Judge W. Collins Cooper - JVC & JVD".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from this judge's published procedure documents (https://www.jud4.org/getContentAsset/3c71977d-4d1a-45b4-a6b5-3f6623205a28/135b97c9-84fa-4e82-b956-0fbccec4aa1f/policies-and-procedures-Collins-Cooper.pdf?language=en), harvested 2026-08-04; each bullet is quoted whole from the document, whitespace normalised only. • Judge W. Collins Cooper 501 W. Adams Street Suite Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Judicial Assistant Maiela Ruiz Mruiz1@coj.net 904-255-1270 Policies and Procedures Hearings will be held in courtroom 202 Dependency advisory hearings and trial commencements will be held every other Monday* at 1 P.M. • Delinquency Arraignments and Pre-Trial Hearings will be held every other Tuesday and Thursday* starting on January 9, 2024 at 9:30 A.M. Courtroom 202. The schedule of hearing weeks is included below. • Crossover Calendar will be held the same Tuesday as Delinquency at 2:30 p.m. • Shelter and Detention Hearings will be held at 11:30 AM Mondays 1:30 PM Tuesdays thru Fridays unless changed due to a holiday. • Juvenile Shelter and Detention hearings will be held via ZOOM with the option to appear in person in courtroom 202 if needed. *Unless rescheduled due to a holiday, The following dress code applies.
Judge Cooper (Courtroom 202) Courtroom Conduct and Dress Code • All cell phones must be completely turned off (unless approved) • No talking while court is in session • No food, drinks or chewing gum (water is permitted) • No sunglasses on top of head • Must sit up straight • No sleeping • No reading of books, papers or iPad in courtroom except pertaining to case • No shorts (Unless school uniform or program) • No tank tops / spaghetti straps -- 1 of 2 -- • No flip flops or slides • No mid-driff showing shirts / tops • No hats, bonnets or do-rags • No political, memorial, R.I.P, profane or drug related t-shirts (memorial shirts approved by Judge) • No one piece full bodysuits or pajamas • No sweatpants
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 68c09437bb8f4fefb8859ca5f198c2601df3e01f7f6918a2114a43026f80786b; 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.