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26 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., Shelby D. Senn — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• All motions must be filed with the Clerk before hearing time is requested. • The party requesting the hearing shall contact the Court’s Judicial Assistant, Whitley Gist, at Wgist@circuit5.org , to schedule a hearing. • The party requesting the hearing shall coordinate available dates with all parties. • The moving party shall file and serve the Notice of Hearing. • Motions requiring testimony, exhibits, or extensive argument shall be specially set. • All hearings shall be conducted in person at the Sumter County Courthouse. • Parties shall comply with all applicable case management deadlines. • Discovery motions shall include certification that counsel or parties have conferred in good faith before seeking court intervention. • Motions for Continuance shall be filed promptly upon discovery of the need for continuance. • All proposed orders shall be submitted to the Court’s Judicial Assistant, Whitley Gist, at Wgist@circuit5.org . • Proposed orders must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. • All proposed orders shall be submitted to the court’s judicial assistant, Whitley Gist, at Wgist@circuit5.org , in Microsoft word (.docx) format. • Counsel, self-represented litigants, and witnesses shall comply with these procedures in addition to all applicable Florida Statutes, Florida Rules of Traffic Court, and administrative orders of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. • Parties shall timely appear for all scheduled hearings. • All parties shall check in with courtroom staff upon arrival. • All hearings shall be conducted in person unless otherwise authorized by written Court Order. • A defendant contesting a civil traffic infraction shall appear at the scheduled hearing prepared to proceed. • Witnesses and evidence shall be available at the time of hearing. • Any exhibits intended for use at hearing shall be brought to court in sufficient copies for the Court and all parties. • Proposed orders shall be submitted only when specifically requested by the Court. • All proposed orders shall be submitted to the Court’s Judicial Assistant, Whitley Gist, at Wgist@circuit5.org unless otherwise directed. • Motions for Continuance shall be filed promptly after the need becomes known. • All civil traffic infraction hearings shall be conducted in person. • All proposed orders requested by the court shall be submitted in Microsoft word (.docx) format to the Court’s Judicial Assistant, Whitley Gist, at Wgist@circuit5.org . • Please do not call the Court expecting to speak with a Judge about any case. • Communications that do not meet these legal requirements cannot be forwarded to the Judges.
All motions must be filed with the Clerk before hearing time is requested.
Reviewer note: Page sha256: e2eda0a6a5d59839eba6162e785957c6087c265333c91f5f89adea319798724a. Requirements published on the page itself. Site navigation stripped before extraction. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): HTML entities decoded; wording untouched. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source. Verbatim from https://www.circuit5.org/courts-judges/sumter-county/judiciary/shelby-d-senn/, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]
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