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13 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2024-37 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/m-2024-37.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • All current currently assigned cases shall remain unchanged unless an order of (re)assignment is ordered by the Chief Judge or the Marion County Administrative • (1) County court criminal cases shall be assigned by date of first appearance or arraignment hearing. • The Clerk shall assign cases based on an alternating two-week rotation. • (2) Civil infraction cases shall be assigned by date of citation. • (3) If a case is reopened for any reason after sentence is imposed, the case shall be heard by the assigned judge. • However, all motions for a new trial or rehearing shall be heard by the judge who presided over the trial or hearing regardless of assignment. • (2) If a case is reopened for any reason, the case shall be heard by the assigned judge. • (3) If a defendant has not been served for the initial small claims pretrial conference, the judge may continue pretrials two times, but if the defendant has not been served by the third small claims pretrial date, the judge shall dismiss the case without prejudice to refile. • Any county judge who reschedules a court event once cases have already been scheduled and noticed by the Clerk’s Office shall be responsible for preparing, filing, and serving an order rescheduling that court event, including mailing service copies to all parties who do not receive service via the Portal. • On a four-week rotating basis, each county judge shall cover one week of first appearances, arraignments, and small claims pretrials. • This order shall not preclude the judge responsible for presiding over any first appearance or county court arraignment session from deviating from the provisions of this order to accommodate holidays or other special circumstances. • This order shall not preclude any judge from accepting a plea and imposing a sentence during first appearances or arraignments. • This Order shall take effect immediately and will remain in effect unless amended by
All current currently assigned cases shall remain unchanged unless an order of (re)assignment is ordered by the Chief Judge or the Marion County Administrative
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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.