2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
Eighth Judicial Circuit — David P. Kreider | Katherine L. Floyd | William E. Davis only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • - For remote hearings, exhibits must be pre-marked and submitted not less than 5 days in advance of a hearing via the E-Filing portal with copies provided to all parties. - For in-person hearings, Exhibits must be submitted to the court in paper format, preferably pre-marked for identification with copies provided to all parties. All attorneys and self-represented litigants must bring sufficient copies of each exhibit for the court, and each party to review during the hearing or trial. - The court is unable to review documents on a computer, phone, or tablet and cannot accept flash drives or discs. • For remote hearings, exhibits must be submitted not less than 5 days in advance via the E-Filing portal. Please refer to your pre-trial order for additional requirements.
- For remote hearings, exhibits must be pre-marked and submitted not less than 5 days in advance of a hearing via the E-Filing portal with copies provided to all parties. - For in-person hearings, Exhibits must be submitted to the court in paper format, preferably pre-marked for identification with copies provided to all parties. All attorneys and self-represented litigants must bring sufficient copies of each exhibit for the court, and each party to review during the hearing or trial. - The court is unable to review documents on a computer, phone, or tablet and cannot accept flash drives or discs.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 556f23b1b0b73f1828c24986d47d80851bc485075ea1ba6d7469929127658523. Corpus categories: PROPOSED_ORDERS | EXHIBITS | FILING_OR_SERVICE, EXHIBITS | CASE_MANAGEMENT_OR_TRACK | FILING_OR_SERVICE. 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 38 of 41 published requirements (93%) still present on 2 source pages (/general-magistrates-hearing-officers/circuit-wide-civil-division-mg-foreclosures-sales/, /general-magistrates-hearing-officers/circuit-wide-civil-division-mg-foreclosures/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence held at high because the overwhelming majority survived verbatim. Re-verify before relying on any single clause. SOURCE DRIFT MEASURED 2026-07-24: the page(s) these requirements were captured from have been edited since capture. A live re-read found 34 of 35 published requirements (97%) still present on 1 source page (/general-magistrates-hearing-officers/probate-judicial-practices-and-procedures/). The missing text may have been reworded, moved, or withdrawn — BenchPath does not guess which. Confidence held at high because the overwhelming majority survived verbatim. Re-verify before relying on any single clause.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.