7 verbatim requirements from administrative order 2025-17-04 - Amended Order on the Assignment of Circuit and County Judges to Temporary Duty in the Circuit and County Courts of the Ninth Judicial Circuit for 2026.
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Verbatim from https://ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/AO2025-17-04%20ADAC.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • As the administrative officer of all courts within a judicial circuit the chief judge is best equipped to assess the needs of each trial court and must be given flexibility to effectively utilize and allocate available judicial labor within the circuit accordingly. • THE HONORABLE TOM YOUNG to proceed to the County Courts of Orange & Osceola Counties and thereupon, on the 1st day of July, 2026, and thereafter through the 31st day of December, 2026, hear, conduct, try and determine the cause or causes which shall from time to time be presented to one or another of them as temporary Judges of the said Courts, and thereafter dispose of any matters considered by them respectively. • These Circuit Judges shall also consider those matters which arise during their assignment as emergency duty judge and other matters assigned to them by the Chief Judge that the County Judges of the Ninth Judicial Circuit -- 3 of 6 -- • Court of Osceola County and thereupon on the 1st day of July, 2026, and thereafter through the 31st day of December, 2026, hear, conduct, try and determine the cause or causes which shall be presented to them as temporary Judges of the said Courts, and thereafter dispose, respectively, of all matters considered by them during said dates. • County Judges shall also consider those matters which arise during their assignment as emergency duty judge and other matters assigned to them by the Chief Judge that the • Court of Orange County and thereupon on the 1st day of July, 2026, and thereafter through the 31st day of December, 2026, hear, conduct, try and determine the cause or causes which shall be presented to them as temporary Judges of the said Courts, and thereafter dispose, respectively, of all matters considered by them during said dates. • Judges shall also consider those matters which arise during their assignment as emergency duty judge and other matters assigned to them by the Chief Judge that the Circuit Judges of the Ninth Judicial Circuit are unable to hear or dispose of because of crowded dockets in all levels of the court system.
As the administrative officer of all courts within a judicial circuit the chief judge is best equipped to assess the needs of each trial court and must be given flexibility to effectively utilize and allocate available judicial labor within the circuit accordingly.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: d6af3a8085ef0c2387288af4e361664ea2efffda8e32a662268f0fe3ae66b4ca. 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.