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Fifth Judicial Circuit — Judge Daniel B. Merritt, Jr. only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →Attorneys may appear in person or by Zoom for many matters, but attorneys and defendants must appear in person at the pretrial conference immediately preceding trial.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: . Corpus categories: APPEARANCE, COURTESY_COPY, SCHEDULING. Quote status as recorded by the researcher: NORMALIZED_FROM_OFFICIAL_SOURCE; NOT A VERBATIM QUOTE. PARAPHRASE — published at medium confidence because the corpus itself marks this text as a summary, not a quotation. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
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.