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County Judge Sherri L. Collins sits in Circuit Criminal Divisions U and BUI under a temporary assignment order. AO 11.101-06/2026 prints her as ''Sherri Collins (temporarily assigned)'' — she remains a county judge exercising circuit authority.
AO 12.301 (signed February 5, 2026) temporarily assigns County Judge Sherri L. Collins to act as a circuit judge; the research pass recorded a six-month term from the order. Practical effect: Divisions U and BUI are staffed by a county judge sitting as a circuit judge, so her division instructions apply circuit-criminal practice — voir dire limited to 45 minutes in circuit matters and 20 minutes in county matters absent an extension; plea conferences, arraignments, calendar calls, evidentiary hearings and trials in person unless advance approval is obtained; substantive pretrial motions exceeding ten minutes per side heard at least ten days before calendar call. Because the assignment is time-limited, verify it remains in force before relying on it.
Reviewer note: Binary fetched + hashed 02d14f166a7c2c… 2026-07-22. Term-expiry watch open — a six-month assignment from February 2026 may already need renewal.
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.