Eighth Cir. — Judge Mitchell D. Bishop: Remote appearances · BenchPath

Eighth Cir. — Judge Mitchell D. Bishop: Remote appearances

High confidence· verified July 24, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsEighth Judicial Circuit, Judge Mitchell D. Bishop’s Division Procedures – The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida (pp. Remote Appearance Procedure:, Platform Meeting ID #:, Scheduling:) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Summary

3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.

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

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Nearly all matters for felonies, misdemeanors, criminal traffic, and delinquency will be held in person. The Court will review requests for remote appearance in these divisions on a case-by-case basis where there is a demonstrated need or exceptional circumstance that would warrant a remote appearance. Motions for remote appearance must be filed with the Clerk of Court at least 10 BUSINESS DAYS before the hearing (or as soon as possible if it is an emergency arising within the 10-day period). A copy of the motion along with a proposed order should be e-mailed to seayh@circuit8.org. County Civil and Small Claims Pretrial hearings are now conducted routinely by Zoom. Parties do not need to request permission to appear remotely for the regularly scheduled pretrial hearing. If your notice of hearing has Zoom information on it, you may appear remotely. Non-jury trials, eviction hearings, and

Official source: 8th Circuit — Administrative Orders
Source health: Healthy · checked September 7, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 24, 2026benchpath-completeness-2026-07-24

Provenance record

Source sha256: d5fffd70c82496ba5b7e30201c3c6cc22907a8c6a0b9b053d766ec2c71b33d4b. Corpus categories: PROPOSED_ORDERS | REMOTE_OR_ZOOM | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION | FILING_OR_SERVICE, REMOTE_OR_ZOOM | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION. 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 12 of 13 published requirements (92%) still present on 1 source page (/courts-judges/judge-mitchell-bishop/judge-mitchel-bishop-division-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.

Criminal Traffic Small Claims County Civil Criminal — Felony Landlord/Tenant & Eviction Criminal — Misdemeanor Bond & Pretrial Release Juvenile Dependency

Change history

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Palm Beach Division FC (Judge Karen M. Miller) — Remote appearance policy

1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.

High confidence· verified July 24, 202615th Jud. Cir., Division FC divisional pages (news) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Remote / Zoom HearingsHillsborough County · Family Division E · Judge Michael J. Hooi

No Hybrid Hearings — but Mutual In-Person Is Always Available — Family E

Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.

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Eighth Cir. — Judge Mitchell D. Bishop: Remote appearances

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