5th Cir. — Judge Lori Cotton: courtroom procedures

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Summary

16 verbatim requirements from Judge Lori Cotton's published procedures.

Applies to

Fifth Judicial Circuit (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter) — Judge Lori Cotton's courtroom only. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

Cl. 7.090(b) shall be referred to mediation if the parties are unable to resolve their respective cases at said conference.

Official source: 5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 25, 2026benchpath-judge-profile-2026-07-25

Reviewer note: Page sha256: ca05b9b17f785e9cade8137432b24c06e446c1e3d078e21727eeacb7bf016566. Sourced from the judge's own profile page, confirmed by its heading before extraction. Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3a): page markers removed; 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 the procedure documents linked on Judge Lori Cotton's own profile page, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Corey B. Friedman: Judge preferences

1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (pp. https://www.17th.flcourts.org/division-mn/) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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Seventeenth Cir. — Judge Christopher Pole: Judge preferences

20 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026

Source of truth

Cl. 7.090(b) shall be referred to mediation if the parties are unable to resolve their respective cases at said conference.

Official source

5th Circuit — circuit5.org official site (AOs, judge pages, procedures)

Source health

Healthy · checked October 23, 2026

Effective date

—

Last verified

July 25, 2026benchpath-judge-profile-2026-07-25

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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.

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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.

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5th Cir. — Judge Lori Cotton: courtroom procedures

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