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40 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2019-01-03 - Amended Order Governing Court Reporting at Public Expense.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2019-01-03.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Chief Judge, after consultation with the circuit court and county court judges in the circuit, shall enter an administrative order developing and implementing a circuit-wide plan for the court reporting of all proceedings required to be reported at public expense. • Under emergency or any other exigent circumstances in which contracted services, personnel, or equipment are not available, Court Administration may utilize whatever other means of reporting is available under the circumstances but must notify the Chief Judge of the exigency as soon as possible. • The Circuit utilizes a hybrid model of court reporting for accurately capturing the record in all judicial proceedings where court reporting is required at public expense. • Upon approval from the presiding judge, magistrate or hearing officer, parties may bring their own privately retained court reporter, however, the proceedings shall still be digitally recorded by a digital court reporter or official court reporter, and the Court’s digital recording or the official court reporter’s notes will always provide the basis for the official record. • For all proceedings in which the Court is required to provide a record, the “official record” is the transcript, which is the written record of court proceedings as produced by an approved court reporter and filed with the Clerk of the Court. • Priority in the production of transcripts shall be given to capital cases, including capital postconviction cases, termination of parental rights, juvenile dependency, and other cases entitled to priority under Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.215(g). • Whenever possible, real time computer aided transcription qualified court reporters, employed by the Chief Judge as members of the Court Reporting Services Department, shall be used in all death penalty cases and capital postconviction proceedings in both Orange and • Court Reporting Services Department shall deem the transcript request a priority and shall place it before all other non-capital transcript requests, regardless of the timeliness of those other requests. • Additionally, the court reporter assigned to prepare the transcript in the capital case shall be removed from court coverage and relieved of all other nonessential duties until such time as the transcript has been completed and filed. • Motions seeking an extension of time for preparation of the transcript shall be presented to the Chief Judge for approval or denial. • It shall be at the discretion of the Manager of Court Reporting Services to require a court order for transcription for any transcript that has not been requested for appeal and is requested as expedited or during those times when resources are limited. • Such order must be specific, and must include the dates of the requested proceedings, judge, and date transcript is needed. • A court order is required for a transcription of any digitally recorded court proceeding an hour or longer in duration. • When an audio or video tape recording is offered in evidence at any criminal proceeding, the court reporter shall report or record the contents of the tape as it is played at the criminal proceeding. • The court reporter is only obligated to make a good faith effort to report or record the contents of the audio or video tape because a verbatim transcript may not be possible if the tape or a portion of the tape is inaudible. -- 3 of 11 -- • Appellate transcripts must comply with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(f). • All designations must be accompanied by a court order signed by the presiding judge for a transcript in final certified form. • Motions to transcribe additional portions of the record at public expense, pursuant to Rule 9.140 (f)(2)(B), must be signed by the Chief Judge or designee. • Before obtaining a court order signed by the presiding judge for a transcript in final certified form and filing a Designation to the Court Reporter, all parties must make prior financial arrangements with Court Reporting Services or provide a signed Indigency for Appeal • These documents must be submitted to Court Reporting Services by email to: • All designations must contain all dates of proceedings requested for the appeal, including the defendant’s name, judge’s name and case number(s). • Transcripts requested by the Public Defender, State Attorney, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel or by a court appointed attorney, shall be billed in accordance with procedures established by statutory cost-sharing. • The Clerk of Court for Orange County and the Clerk of Court for Osceola County shall send a copy of all designations and accompanying court orders filed pursuant to Florida Rule of • An audio link or the computer aided transcription reporter’s rough draft made available to the state attorney, public defender, regional counsel or court-appointed counsel will not undergo a review and shall not be used to prepare the official record except as authorized by the Chief Judge, shall not be used in subsequent court proceedings, shall not be disseminated or otherwise disclosed outside their offices, shall not be -- 6 of 11 -- • The requestor MUST sign a written acknowledgement that confidential information may be contained in the transcript, that further dissemination of confidential information contained in the transcript is prohibited, and violation of the prohibition may subject the requestor to contempt of court. • Requests for a transcript of proceedings must be made utilizing the Transcript Request • The request must include sufficient information to identify the proceeding, including the date of the proceeding, name of the presiding judge, the case name and • Uniform Case Number, portion of the proceedings requested, and must identify whether the requestor is an attorney of record or a party in the case. • All transcript requests require a 50% deposit before the transcript will be produced or the request must be accompanied by a court order to transcribe and that the transcript will be provided free of charge. • The balance must be paid prior to receipt of the transcript. • All payments must be by check or money order made payable to the State of Florida. • The transcript shall be provided without prepayment. -- 7 of 11 -- • Requests for an audio recording of proceedings must be made in writing and utilizing the • The request must include sufficient information to identify the proceeding, including the date of the proceeding, name of the presiding judge, the case name and Uniform Case Number, portion of the proceedings requested, and must identify whether the requestor is an attorney of record or a party in the case. • The requestor MUST sign an acknowledgement that confidential information may be contained in the recording, that further dissemination of confidential information contained on the recording is prohibited, and violation of the prohibition may subject the requestor to contempt of court. • Payments by check or money order shall be made payable to the State of Florida. • All proceedings that are statutorily exempt shall only be provided to those persons statutorily authorized to obtain the record or to those persons who obtain a court order in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions. • Transcripts requested by any person other than a party or attorney of record shall be reviewed by Court Reporting Services prior to its release to ensure that matters protected by public records laws are kept confidential. • Payment by check or money order shall be made payable to the State of Florida. • Audio requested by any person other than a party or attorney of record shall be reviewed by Court Reporting Services prior to release to ensure that matters protected by public records laws are kept confidential.
Chief Judge, after consultation with the circuit court and county court judges in the circuit, shall enter an administrative order developing and implementing a circuit-wide plan for the court reporting of all proceedings required to be reported at public expense.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: ca0043cd3f055d52376795c506b342b471a81e1b77576b2e98c0fe24cfcdb8ee. 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.