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10 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2018-25 - Order Governing Mental Competence to Proceed.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/2018-25%20-%20Order%20Governing%20Mental%20Competence%20to%20Proceed.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • WHEREAS, to create and maintain an organization capable of effecting the efficient, prompt, and proper administration of justice for the citizens of this State, the chief judge is required to exercise direction, see Fla. • A fully completed Notice of Related Cases, in the form attached hereto as “Attachment A,” must be filed with a Motion to Declare a Defendant Incompetent to • A defendant must file supplemental notices as related cases become known or reasonably ascertainable. • The Notice of Related Cases shall contain a list of all pending cases in which the defendant is named, the case number and assigned subdivision of each case. • Trial in circuit or county court, all pending circuit and county court cases shall be stayed pending a determination of competency by the circuit court holding the lowest open case number. • If there are no pending circuit court cases, the competency determination shall occur in the county case having the lowest open case number. • Upon issuance of a stay order, the trial courts handling the related cases shall set a status hearing no later than 90 days from the issuance of the stay. • The parties shall apprise the evaluating experts of all open cases involving the defendant. • All reports generated by experts relative to the motion to establish competency shall be filed under seal in all cases related to the defendant. • Once a finding is made as to the defendant’s competency in a circuit court proceeding in which the Motion to Declare Defendant Incompetent was filed, the other courts in which a defendant has a pending case shall set a review hearing with notice to the state and defense on the status of competency.
WHEREAS, to create and maintain an organization capable of effecting the efficient, prompt, and proper administration of justice for the citizens of this State, the chief judge is required to exercise direction, see Fla.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 14b80c3bd9b7e509d3b5fc8b335617b405ec46fc7343ec898628273d16ff3ffe. 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.