11th Circuit Local Rule R-2-11 — Driver Improvement Schools

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Local Rules

Summary

Requirement

LOCAL RULE R-2-11: designates the approved Driver Improvement Schools for the circuit. Full text live-fetched from the official AO registry (api.jud11.flcourts.org/api/adminorders/view/77f7638b-c365-4dbe-ba62-33ca494907ff) and sha256-hashed 2026-07-20; archived in repo (docs/handoff/eleventh-upgrade/files/local-rules/).

Source of truth

Official source: 11th Circuit — Administrative Orders registry (API)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: fable-5 11th-circuit bulk ingest 2026-07-20

Change history

July 31, 2026Monitor: 11th Circuit — Administrative Orders registry (API) unreachable (timeout or network error).

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