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40 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2021-04-07 - Amended Order Governing Civil Case Management and Resolution.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2021-04-07%20ADAC.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • (b) any civil case designated as complex under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201; and (c) any civil case filed on or before December 31, 2024, in which a case management order has been entered or the Court has entered an order setting the case for pre-trial and/or trial, in which event the dates and deadlines set forth therein shall govern the progress of the case. • Upon such designation, the action shall proceed as provided in the rule. b. • Any party serving an initial pleading (complaint, third-party complaint, etc.) in the case shall serve a copy of the UTCMO together with initial service of process to each defendant. • Parties seeking to have a case designated as complex shall initially serve the UTCMO and thereafter comply with Florida Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 1.201(a) by filing an appropriate motion to declare the case complex. • Any motion to change the track to which a case is assigned must be filed promptly after the appearance of good cause to support the motion. • For circuit civil cases filed on or before December 31, 2024, in which a case management order has been entered or the Court has entered an order setting the case for pre-trial and/or trial, the dates and deadlines set forth therein shall govern the progress of the case. -- 2 of 33 -- • To have a case placed on the trial docket, the plaintiff must file a Notice for Trial per • The Standing Case Management Plan/Order specifies, at a minimum, the deadlines for service of complaints, service under extensions, and adding new parties and the deadlines by which: fact and expert discovery shall be completed; all objections to pleadings and pretrial motions shall be resolved; and mediation shall have occurred. • The plaintiff shall, at the outset and based on the definitions in paragraph 3 above, determine the applicable form of Standing Case Management Plan/Order (General or • Plaintiff shall file the applicable Standing Case Management Plan/Order in the case at the same time as the civil cover sheet, complaint and summons(es). • The Clerk of Court shall notify the filer that the summons is not being accepted for filing until the Standing Case Management Plan/Order has been filed. • Any party serving an initial pleading (complaint, third-party complaint, etc.) in the case shall serve a copy of the appropriate Standing Case Management Plan/Order together with initial service of process to each defendant. • For cases filed on or before December 31, 2024, in which a case management order has been entered or the Court has entered an order setting the case for pre-trial and/or trial, the dates and deadlines set forth therein shall govern the progress of the case. • Parties seeking to have a case designated as complex shall initially file and serve the • To have a case placed on the trial docket, the plaintiff must file a Notice for Trial per division guidelines and send a copy of the Notice for Trial to the Division’s judicial assistant via email. • 10.Counsel must strictly comply with Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial • The parties must strictly comply with the terms of this Uniform Trial and Case Management Order (“UTCMO”), unless otherwise ordered by the court. • All counsel and unrepresented parties must be familiar with and comply with the following: • The parties may not, individually or by agreement, alter or extend the deadlines in this order or waive any of the provisions of this order. • Any party serving an initial pleading in this case must serve a copy of this order with initial service of process. • Lead Trial Counsel, or a trial partner with full authority,1 and unrepresented parties must attend a Pretrial Conference on [DATE] in COURTROOM _____ beginning at [TIME] [a.m. / p.m.] at the [ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 425 N. • The parties must comply with the requirements for pretrial conferences of the division to which the case is assigned. • All dates must be calculated from the date of filing of the initial complaint unless otherwise noted. • Must be filed, set for hearing and heard within 60 days from filing of the motion, or automatically deemed abandoned and denied without further order. • No later than 7 days prior to the Pretrial Conference or automatically deemed abandoned and denied without further order. • No later than 7 days prior to the beginning of the trial period • Plaintiff must submit a mediation order2 for entry by the Court once the date of mediation has been agreed and a mediator selected. • Within the time required in Paragraph 8 above, Plaintiff must disclose the expert witnesses (including both treating and hybrid experts) that Plaintiff actually intends to present at trial. “Experts” is specifically defined in this order (wherever used) to include retained experts, treating experts and hybrid experts. 2 All mediation orders shall contain the following language: • Defendant must disclose the expert witnesses that Defendant actually intends to present at trial within 15 days of Plaintiff’s expert witness disclosure or the time required by Paragraph 8, whichever is later. c. • Plaintiff must disclose all rebuttal witnesses within 15 days of Defendant’s expert witness disclosure or the time required by Paragraph 8, whichever is later. d. • Any changes in an expert’s opinion or changes in the basis of the expert’s opinion must be disclosed to all parties no less than 60 days prior to the Pretrial Conference. e. • All out-of-court testing, experiments, or physical or mental examinations by experts must be completed prior to the expert’s deposition. • All answers to interrogatories, responses to requests to produce, and requests for admissions must be served by this date. • Joint stipulations to extend this deadline (without court order) do not alter the discovery deadline. • Must be filed within 420 days of the date of the filing of the initial complaint and heard no later than 7 days prior to the Pretrial Conference. • Motions in limine and motions to exclude witnesses or evidence must be filed and served prior to the Pretrial Conference. • Motions in Limine must be scheduled and heard no later than 7 days prior to the beginning of the trial period. • No less than 60 days before the Pretrial Conference, attorneys and unrepresented parties must serve the following: a. • No later than 15 days prior to the Pretrial Conference, lead counsel and pro se parties, if any, must meet. • At the meeting, the attorneys and unrepresented parties must: a.
(b) any civil case designated as complex under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201; and (c) any civil case filed on or before December 31, 2024, in which a case management order has been entered or the Court has entered an order setting the case for pre-trial and/or trial, in which event the dates and deadlines set forth therein shall govern the progress of the case.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 3694a0ebed73ada0af4f06e27283ca77a235163b5ef56175cb07d3ce8cdfdb12. 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.