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6 verbatim requirements on continuances.
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Unlock free →Alachua County Criminal Division I: Hearing Requests To request a hearing, please use the form at the bottom of this page Hearing Requests Hearing requests are not accepted by telephone. Please email all hearing requests to CoralesA@circuit8.org using the form below. Please confirm that your motion has been filed, served on all parties, and docketed prior to requesting hearing time. No hearing time will be given for motions that are not filed and docketed. If you have questions about whether your motion is filed and docketed, please contact the Alachua County Clerk of Court. If all parties may not receive notice of a hearing in sufficient time for the timeframe requested below, the Court may extend the timeframe for a matter to be heard. The Court will attempt to accommodate all requested timeframes but can make no assurance of availability on the Court’s calendar. Please complete the fo
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Florida follows the federal summary-judgment standard. The motion must be served at least 40 days before the hearing; the nonmovant's response is due no later than 20 days before the hearing.
How Florida procedural deadlines are computed: exclude the trigger day; count every day for periods of 7 days or more; for periods under 7 days, skip intermediate weekends and legal holidays; roll forward when the last day is a weekend or holiday.
Judge Siperstein requires every motion to be set within 5 days of filing and heard within 60 days, or it may be deemed abandoned.