Eighth Cir. — Judge Phillip A. Pena: Remote appearances · BenchPath

Eighth Cir. — Judge Phillip A. Pena: Remote appearances

High confidence· verified August 3, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsEighth Judicial Circuit, Judge Pena’s Division Procedures – The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida (pp. Filing a Motion of Scheduling a Hearing:, Notice of Hearings:, Zoom Videoconference:) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.

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

Source of truth

All requests for hearing time must be in the form of a motion and properly filed with the clerk or they will not be accepted by the Court. No hearings will be set until the motion is filed and viewable on the clerk’s website. To obtain a hearing time, contact the judicial assistant by email at wablekc@circuit8.org. Hearings will not be set over the phone. Pro se litigants and counsel of record must be included in emails to the judicial assistant. The email request must include a copy of the motion to be heard and the following information: (1) case number; (2) petitioner’s name and attorney (if represented); (3) respondent’s name and attorney (if represented); (4) length of hearing time requested; (5) title of the motion to be heard; (6) whether the hearing is evidentiary; (7) date mediation was conducted. Providing that all parties agree, non-evidentiary hearings of 30 minutes or less m

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: 9ef48b7eba9bc9702283dd9231fe4c653aea74051183b49f444595fa942a3ecf. Corpus categories: ARGUMENT_OR_HEARING_TIME | SPECIAL_SET_OR_EXTENDED_HEARING | REMOTE_OR_ZOOM | FILING_OR_SERVICE, REMOTE_OR_ZOOM | SCHEDULING_OR_CANCELLATION, REMOTE_OR_ZOOM. 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 14 of 17 published requirements (82%) still present on 2 source pages (/courts-judges/judge-phillip-a-pena/judge-pena-division-procedures/, /departments-services/proposed-orders-for-judge-phillip-a-pena/). 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 f2a928d4f0308ee2c0e3c7d63b23003e4e584c4d319fa898267c92b3df88a279, 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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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 Phillip A. Pena: Remote appearances

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

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