3 verbatim requirements on case management.
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Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • Complex civil cases shall be designated pursuant to the criteria in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201. Upon such designation, complex civil cases shall proceed as provided in that rule. • Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(b)(2), streamlined cases are those that reflect some mutual knowledge about the underlying facts, have limited needs for discovery, well-established legal issues related to liability and damages, few anticipated dispositive pretrial motions, minimal documentary evidence, and an anticipated trial length of no more than 3 days. • General cases are all other actions that do not meet the criteria for streamlined or complex.
Complex civil cases shall be designated pursuant to the criteria in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201. Upon such designation, complex civil cases shall proceed as provided in that rule.
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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.
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.