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20 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Dan R. Mosley — 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/2020/04/order-establishing-motion-practice-procedures.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • IT IS ORDERED that to facilitate an orderly progression of this matter and better-informed decisions by the Court, all future motions shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court pursuant to • Admin. 2.516, and shall be handled in the following manner: • In making any written motion or other application to the Court for the entry of an order of any kind, the moving party shall file and serve with such motion a legal memorandum with citations of authority in support of the relief requested. • Each party opposing any written motion or other application to the Court shall file and serve, within ten (10) days after being served with such motion or application, a legal memorandum with citations of authority in opposition to the relief requested. • If upon receipt of an opposing memorandum, counsel determines further argument of his client’s position is required, counsel shall file a reply within five (5) days of the receipt of the opposing memorandum. • P. 1.280(c), counsel shall confer and correspond with counsel for the opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve by agreement the issues raised, and shall certify to the Court at the time of the filing of the motion that she/he has conferred with opposing counsel but has been unable to resolve the dispute. • In addition, counsel shall attach a copy of the correspondence to the motion as an exhibit, thus providing proof that a good faith effort to resolve the discovery dispute was made. • Except for motions grounded upon a complete failure to respond to discovery, discovery motions shall: -- 2 of 5 -- • Motions and other applications will ordinarily be determined by the Court on the basis of the motion, exhibits and legal memoranda unless a hearing is required by rule or law. • P. 1.510, Motions for Summary Judgment must be set for hearing. • Requests for oral argument must accompany the motion or opposing legal memorandum and must estimate the time required for argument. • Motions for Summary Judgment) MUST BE HELD NO LESS THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE • Absent prior permission of the Court, no party shall file a legal memorandum in excess of 15 pages in length. • All original pleadings and papers shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court. -- 3 of 5 -- • All applications to the Court requesting relief in any form, the citation of authority and argument shall be made in writing and in compliance with this Order and in appropriate form pursuant to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. • Court, memoranda or argument shall not be presented in “correspondence form”. • Limine shall be filed no later than 15 days before the start of the trial term or the Court may deny the motion as being untimely. • The parties shall confer and attempt to reach an agreement as to the issues raised in the Motion(s) in Limine filed. • In the event one party is drafting a proposed order at the request of the Court, the party shall present the proposed order to the other party or parties and advise the • If there is no agreement, each party shall submit a proposed order to the Court no later than 20 days following the hearing.
IT IS ORDERED that to facilitate an orderly progression of this matter and better-informed decisions by the Court, all future motions shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court pursuant to
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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.