Eighth Cir. — Judge Craig C. DeThomasis: Case management · BenchPath

Eighth Cir. — Judge Craig C. DeThomasis: Case management

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Case ManagementEighth Judicial Circuit, Judge Craig DeThomasis’ Division Procedures – The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida (pp. Presentation of Evidence:, Deadline for Submissions:) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

3 verbatim requirements on case management.

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Eighth Judicial Circuit — Judge Craig C. DeThomasis only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

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- If you intend to present any evidence or documents to the court at your hearing, you must pre-mark all items for identification (ex. Plaintiff’s A,B,C, etc.) and serve a copy to all parties no less than three (3) business days prior to the hearing. If there are any pro se parties involved in your case, a copy of the pre-marked evidence shall be served on them, via US Mail, no later than ten (10) days prior to the hearing. - In addition, a PAPER COPY of all pre-marked evidence, from each side, shall be received by the Court no later than the deadline contained in your specific order, typically 5 business days prior to the hearing date. This packet will be used by the Court to stamp the official evidence as it is entered at the hearing/trial. - Please confer with all parties prior to the hearing to determine whether there are any stipulations as to the admissibility of evidence. Any pre-

Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
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Last verified: August 3, 2026benchpath-8th-mediums-2026-08-03

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Source sha256: ef355937d2a48202b4646d9cc44ad8ea297dae1b1ac9fc34fe5e6ff1a181810a. Corpus categories: CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK, PROPOSED_ORDERS | CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK. Operative status as recorded: LIVE_PAGE_CURRENT_AS_CRAWLED. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass. SOURCE DRIFT MEASURED 2026-07-24: the page(s) these requirements were captured from have been edited since capture. A live re-read found 26 of 34 published requirements (76%) still present on 2 source pages (/courts-judges/judge-craig-dethomasis/judge-craig-dethomasis-division-procedures/, /departments-services/division-procedures-and-proposed-orders/judge-dethomasis-equitable-distribution-spreadsheets/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence LOWERED to medium until a human re-reads the source. Re-verify before relying on any single clause. [ELEVATED 2026-08-03: source re-fetched live (sha256 42705ed6ebb8f2f2f382a6006055a08d94d86ed5c6a25058a4b478f729eb2bde, CHANGED since capture but every quoted requirement still present verbatim); all 3 quoted requirement(s) verified verbatim in the live text.]

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Pretrial Motions Not Heard by the Transferring Judge Are WAIVED — Trial Division 3

Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.

High confidence· verified August 3, 202613th Jud. Cir., Judge Wolfe Practices & Procedures (Trial Division 3), citing AO S-2024-062(28)(A)

Case ManagementHillsborough County · Circuit Criminal Division I · Judge Elizabeth G. Rice

Motions (Except Limine) Waived If Not Heard Before the PTC — Criminal I

Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.

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Eighth Cir. — Judge Craig C. DeThomasis: Case management

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Related rules

Pretrial Motions Not Heard by the Transferring Judge Are WAIVED — Trial Division 3

Motions (Except Limine) Waived If Not Heard Before the PTC — Criminal I

Traffic Is In Person; Motions Idle 60 Days Are Presumed Denied — Civil Traffic M

Emergency Guardianship and Vulnerable-Adult Petitions Are In Person — Probate B / RPO N

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