Fifth Cir. — Judge Lori Cotton: Judge preferences · BenchPath

Fifth Cir. — Judge Lori Cotton: Judge preferences

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Judge PreferencesFifth Judicial Circuit — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

2 summarised requirements on judge preferences.

Applies to

Fifth Judicial Circuit — Judge Lori Cotton only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

Small-claims pretrials, jury and nonjury trials, rent matters, and final judgments are in person; many other matters are hybrid.

Official source: 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 4, 2026benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Provenance record

Source sha256: . Corpus categories: IN_PERSON_MATTERS, PRO_SE_NOTICE. 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. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, topical (July quotes no longer live)): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 c3e7a3b908b6256b601b2156ca466acfe44bc6dccc8acece0c3b8ea4221166de; the prior summary-class text is superseded.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, topical (July quotes no longer live)): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 c3e7a3b908b6256b601b2156ca466acfe44bc6dccc8acece0c3b8ea4221166de; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]

Small Claims

Change history

August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 5, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 3, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 2, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
August 1, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 31, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 30, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 29, 2026Monitor: content changed at 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures). Review before republishing dependent rules.

Twentieth Cir. — Judge Michael Brown: Judge preferences

1 verbatim courtroom requirement published by Judge Michael Brown.

High confidence· verified July 25, 2026Twentieth Judicial Circuit, published profile and practice materials of Judge Michael Brown — harvested live and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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Judge Gina Beovides — Section CA 03 / CA 35 motion calendars

Section CA 03 / CA 35 (Judge Gina Beovides, 11th Cir. Circuit Civil): Foreclosure Motion Calendar: Monday 10:30 AM · Transfer Calendar: Wednesday (archived 9:00 AM; July 2026 read 9:30 AM — confirm current time)

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Fifth Cir. — Judge Lori Cotton: Judge preferences

Summary

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Source of truth

Change history

Related rules

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Judge Gina Beovides — Section CA 03 / CA 35 motion calendars

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