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28 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2004-04-03 - Amended Order Governing the Criminal Case Management Plan for the Ninth Judicial Circuit.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2004-04-3%20Amended%20Order%20Governing%20the%20Criminal%20Case%20Management%20Plan.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215 provides that the Chief Judge shall exercise administrative supervision over all courts within the Judicial Circuit and the Chief • WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215, the administrative plan shall include an administrative organization capable of effecting the prompt disposition of cases; control of dockets; and the mandatory periodic review of the status of the inmates of the county jail; and • WHEREAS, Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.545(b) provides that the trial judge shall take charge of all cases at an early stage in the litigation and shall control the progress of the case thereafter until the case is determined; and • WHEREAS, Florida Rule of the Judicial Administration 2.545(e) provides that all judges shall apply a firm continuance policy. • All motions for continuance shall be in writing unless made at trial and except for good cause shown, shall be signed by the party requesting the continuance; and • The Florida Rules of Judicial Administration provide that all judges shall apply a firm continuance policy. • Unless waived by the Court for good cause shown, every motion to continue shall: • Defender is required to check for conflicts in assigned cases within five (5) days of each of the following events: appointment to represent an individual, arraignment, and receipt of discovery. • In the event of a conflict of interest, the Office of the Public Defender shall immediately submit a written motion to withdraw to the trial judge and in absence of the trial judge, to the administrative judge of that division. • Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel is required to check for conflicts in assigned cases within five (5) days of each of the following events: appointment to represent an individual, arraignment, and receipt of discovery. • In the event of a conflict of interest, the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel shall immediately submit a written motion to withdraw to the trial judge and in absence of the trial judge, to the administrative judge of that division. • Felony: * Track “A” cases should have trial commencement or disposition by non-trial means within 90 days from arraignment; • All other third degree felonies, unless otherwise enumerated herein * Track “B” cases should have trial commencement or disposition by non-trial means within 120 days after arraignment; • All other first degree or life felonies, unless otherwise enumerated herein. * Track “D” cases should have trial commencement or disposition by non-trial within 170 to 545 days after arraignment: • Other Complex cases * Track “E” cases should have trial commencement or disposition by non-trial within 120 to 180 days after arraignment: • Trial commencement or disposition shall include both the violation of probation and the new law violation. • All criminal misdemeanor cases should have trial commencement or disposition by non- trial means within 90 days after arrest. • Violation of Probation: * Violation of probation cases, including both technical and substantive violations, shall be heard within 30 days after arrest. • All plea offers or non-plea offers i.e. that no plea offer is forthcoming shall be communicated by the Office of the State Attorney to defense counsel at least three (3) working days prior to pretrial conference. -- 5 of 9 -- • Defense counsel is required to communicate the plea offer or non-plea offer to the client by the time of pretrial conference. • In order to facilitate the Case Management Plan and to promote accountability, monthly or other periodic reports shall be generated for each criminal court division listing the number of continuances requested, party requesting the continuance, reasons given for the requested continuance, and whether the continuance was granted or denied. • These reports shall be generated from data kept by the Clerk of Court for Orange County and the Clerk of Court for • The Clerk of Court shall generate monthly reports no later than the fifteenth of the month, for the each preceding month, setting forth the data mentioned in the above paragraph. • Clerk of Court shall provide these reports to the Fiscal Services Analyst under Court • Administration who shall provide copies of the report to the Chief Judge, to the Administrative • In order to accurately store and reproduce the data generated by the Clerk of Court, a form motion to continue must be used by any party requesting a continuance. • Additionally, a form Order Granting/Denying the Motion to Continue must be used in each division of the criminal court in order to insure that the Clerk of Court keep reliable statistics, by division, of continuances requested and granted or denied. • If the court is unable to try a case within the trial period and therefore resets or rolls the case to a different trial period, the court shall use the form order attached as Attachment “B” and shall note on the order that the case is continued because the court is unable to try the case within the current trial period.
WHEREAS, Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215 provides that the Chief Judge shall exercise administrative supervision over all courts within the Judicial Circuit and the Chief
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: c08b5ef0fd77536d8e69b64665a8190103c04a419c4f27e865d74a14e4666e85. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.