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Eighth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 1.10 (Jury Management): 36 operative paragraphs verbatim from the order as the circuit publishes it.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — all counties of the circuit. Administrative orders are amended and rescinded by later orders; the circuit's own index controls (the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1.10 JURY MANAGEMENT In order to consolidate the procedures for summonsing of jurors and payment of meals for jurors, in compliance with Florida Supreme Court Jury Management Administrative Order dated March 27, 1995 and Section 40.26, Florida Statutes, IT IS ORDERED: 1. Trials will be scheduled pursuant to General Assignment Order and as reflected in the Master Calendar. • Jurors shall be summoned to appear at the times indicated on the Master Calendar for all Circuit and County Court cases unless otherwise directed by the Chief Judge or the Administrative Judge of the Criminal Division of Alachua County for Alachua County cases. • 2. Unless otherwise approved by the Chief Judge for special circumstances, jurors shall be chosen on the day they are summoned to appear for all cases to be tried during that week. • Judges, attorneys, and parties must adjust their schedules to accommodate this schedule to minimize waste of time and cost. • 3. The jury manager of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, or the trial judge, will advise each county’s Clerk of Court how many jurors to summons for each trial term consistent with the number of cases to be tried. • The Clerks of Court of each county within the Eighth Judicial Circuit shall report the activity of all jury cases to the Florida Supreme Court in the manner established by the Office of the State Court Administrator as approved by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. • 4. It is recognized that scheduled trials will routinely be removed from the court calendar at any time due to varying factors including continuances, settlement, and changes of plea. • The juror call-off system will be administered by the Clerks of Court based on information provided by the Court Administrator’s Office or the trial judge. • In order to adhere to the Supreme Court Order pertaining to the management of jurors, there may be instances when there is a shortage of available jurors for all of the scheduled trials. • Should this occur, trials will be provided with available jurors based upon the following priorities: i. Any trial that cannot be rescheduled due to a Speedy Trial Rule deadline; ii. Circuit Criminal trials; iii. County Criminal trials with an incarcerated defendant; iv. Circuit Civil trials; v. County Criminal trials with no incarcerated defendants; and vi. • 6. Procedure for Jurors who fail to appear. • Jurors who fail to report on their assigned date, and who have not been excused by a judge will be subject to sanction by the court. • It shall be the responsibility of the Clerk of Court to report jurors who failed to appear without excuse to the court. • When the court has directed that the jury be kept together, due to jury trial, sequestration, extended voir dire or deliberations, lunch and dinner will be provided when appropriate. • The term “sequestration” includes any time a juror is not free to leave on their own, for breaks or meals. • When directed by the Judge, the Court Security Deputy shall arrange meals for jurors. • There are two accepted methods for providing meals; (1) Escort the jury to a Clerk-approved location or (2) order the meal from a Clerk-approved vendor and deliver it to the jurors. • The cost of meals shall not exceed the amount established by the Clerk of Court. • The Court Security Deputy shall properly fill out the necessary forms for reimbursement. • This administrative order replaces Administrative Order 1.10 (v1) dated October 5, 2012.
THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1.10 JURY MANAGEMENT In order to consolidate the procedures for summonsing of jurors and payment of meals for jurors, in compliance with Florida Supreme Court Jury Management Administrative Order dated March 27, 1995 and Section 40.26, Florida Statutes, IT IS ORDERED: 1. Trials will be scheduled pursuant to General Assignment Order an
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-14 from BenchPath's custody copy (file aeb708cdb33a.pdf; 246,367 bytes, 3 page(s), native text layer): the index lists it as a current instrument on 2026-09-14 (https://circuit8.org/eighth-judicial-circuit-court/administrative-orders/); the operative paragraphs after the ORDERED marker are quoted whole, whitespace normalised only; signature block, page markers and stamps dropped. Effective date from the order's own date line where present, else the index date. [Rebuilt 2026-09-27: the published text had been cut at line and page breaks (36 fragments, many beginning or ending mid-sentence); it now publishes the 20 whole sentences those fragments belong to, verbatim from the rule's own source (custody (sha256-matched, 1 document)), with printed page markers and running headers removed.]
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