7 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2022-05-01 - Amended Order Designating Subdivision 19-1 as a Postconviction Subdivision and Establishing a Caseload, Orange.
9th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2022-05-01.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • The Clerk of Court shall stop assigning newly filed criminal cases to Subdivision 19-1 and shall reassign all cases from Subdivision 19-1 equally and randomly between Subdivision(s) 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1, 20-1, and 22-1. • In order to accumulate a caseload for Subdivision 19-1, the Clerk of Court shall assign and/or reassign all pending postconviction motions filed pursuant rule 3.850, 3.800(a), and 3.853 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, which originate in Subdivision(s) 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1, 19-1, 20-1, or 22-1 to Subdivision 19-1. • The Clerk of Court shall separately distribute all pending capital and life felony cases equally and randomly between Subdivision(s) 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1, 20-1, and 22-1 so as to ensure fair distribution of these difficult cases among all criminal subdivisions. • The Clerk of court shall transfer all newly filed postconviciton motions filed pursuant to rule 3.800(a), 3.850, and 3.853 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, to Subdivision 19-1 upon the filing of the postconviction motion. • After disposition of the postconviction motion, all cases shall be re-assigned to the • Nothing herein shall prevent the Chief Judge, the Administrative Judge of the Circuit • Nothing in this Administrative Order shall be construed so as to abrogate any judicial responsibility on the part of any judge to hear those matters which are properly before them.
The Clerk of Court shall stop assigning newly filed criminal cases to Subdivision 19-1 and shall reassign all cases from Subdivision 19-1 equally and randomly between Subdivision(s) 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1, 17-1, 20-1, and 22-1.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: 34fc4a63a7b2cfbac497841db1d6c64c5be5e1541bddcdc918b97cf44e9f6d89. 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.