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23 verbatim requirements from 6th Circuit Administrative Order 2025-013 ( Non-Jury Trial and Pre-Trial Conference Order ).
Sixth Judicial Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco). Administrative orders change without notice; the court's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, fetched live 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. • At least 45 days before the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel for all parties, and any unrepresented party, must serve opposing counsel and any unrepresented party and file directly with the clerk: • At least 35 days before the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel for all parties, and any pro se party, may serve a list of additional witnesses and exhibits as described above. • At least 60 days before the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel for each defendant must serve a list of the names and addresses of all non-parties (Fabre defendants) the defendant intends to request the Court include on the verdict form. • 1.360, must be completed prior to the Pre-Trial Conference. • 1.360 will be allowed without order of the Court any time within 30 days of service of their report and no less than seven days prior to the date trial is scheduled to commence. • At the deposition of any expert witness taken within 30 days of the Pre-Trial Conference and in answering any interrogatories concerning expert witnesses which were served by the party submitting such interrogatories within 45 days of the Pre-Trial Conference, all expert witnesses must provide, and all parties must provide (1) complete information regarding the witness’ qualifications as an expert; • If the expert is not prepared to fully testify regarding such matters at a deposition scheduled within 45 days of the Pre-Trial Conference or if a party does not provide complete information regarding such matters in answering interrogatories served within 45 days of the Pre-Trial Conference, the Court will consider excluding the testimony of the expert at trial or, in the alternative, limit the testimony of the expert to those matters revealed at any such deposition or in answers to any such interrogatories. • 1.280(c)(5)(C), the party seeking this discovery must pay experts a reasonable fee for the time spent in responding to discovery and pay the responding party a fair part of the fees and expenses reasonably incurred by the responding party in obtaining facts and opinions from the expert, such payment to be made after an expert deposition or service of expert interrogatory answers. • All motions, except motions in limine, must be filed and heard prior to the Pre-Trial Conference unless good cause exists why the motions were not heard prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, including the inability to obtain hearing time prior to the Pre-Trial Conference. • All motions to continue and motions to allow deposition after the Pre-Trial Conference based on witness unavailability must be served prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, unless good cause exists. • All motions for summary judgment must be filed and served at least 60 days before the Pre-Trial Conference and must be heard before the Pre-Trial Conference. • The parties must contact each witness they will call at trial to determine their availability to appear prior to the Pre-Trial Conference. • A copy of the Notice titled “Uniform Notice Regarding Scheduling of Experts for Trial Testimony” attached hereto as Exhibit “A” must be provided to any expert witness subpoenaed as an expert witness for trial no later than 10 days prior to trial. • Prior to the Pre-Trial Conference, the attorneys and pro se parties are directed to communicate and draft one proposed Pre-Trial Conference order (using the form attached as Exhibit “B”) that must be submitted directly to the Court (submit original and a copy for each party) at least 3 days prior to the Pre-Trial Conference. • In the event the parties are unable to agree on any matter in the Pre-Trial Conference Order, they must leave the matter blank and the Court will resolve the dispute at the Pre-Trial Conference. • At the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel and pro se litigants must be prepared to negotiate settlement at the Pre-Trial Conference. • Counsel must have full authority to make stipulations and to settle the case at the Pre-Trial Conference or have available by telephone, or in person, a party or representative who has full authority to settle. • At the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel and pro se litigants must finalize any other matters that the Court deems appropriate. • The attorneys for the parties and all pro se litigants are directed to meet 5 days before the commencement of trial, to: a) mark all exhibits for identification and prepare a chronological exhibit list for use of Clerk and Court at trial (actual exhibits and documentation evidence must be available for inspection at this time); b) admit or not admit as evidence and list specific objections, if any; • Such attorney or individual must be vested with full authority to make all inspections, stipulations, agreements, and admissions as described above. • On the first day of the trial, each party and each pro se litigant must submit to the Court, with a copy to opposing counsel and any pro se litigant, written motions in limine. • All methods of alternative dispute resolution, including non-binding arbitration and meditation, must be completed before the trial date. • Counsel and pro se litigants must immediately notify the Court in the event of settlement and submit a stipulation for an order of dismissal and a final disposition form.
At least 45 days before the Pre-Trial Conference, counsel for all parties, and any unrepresented party, must serve opposing counsel and any unrepresented party and file directly with the clerk:
Reviewer note: Composed from the court's own bytes during the 6th's ledger close 2026-08-03; scope from the court's numbering convention (PI-/PA-/PA⁄PI) or an exclusive county mention.
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