Judge Jackie Powell
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
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Limits & Logistics
Document Limits
Courtesy Copies
Filings > 25 pages
- Five Days Before Hearing
Motion
- 1 copy • Five Business Days Before Hearing
- 1 copy • Upon Filing
- Five Working Days Before Hearing
Courtesy copies
Court-wide- 1 copy
Motion for Rehearing
Court-wide- 1 copy • Email • Upon Filing
Adjournments
- A Motion for Continuance requires prior contact with the opposing party and must be filed with a proposed order, conformed copies, and self-addressed stamped envelopes.
- Dispositive motions on the Special Set Docket may only be canceled with court approval; a notice of cancellation does not cancel the hearing and failure to appear may result in sanctions.
Request must include
Communication
Chambers
Phone
Chambers
Page & Word Limits1 rule
Please upload a copy of the motion - 25 pages max including footnotes and endnotes (along with any accompanying memoranda, cases or other supporting authorities) to CMS, no later than five (5) business days prior to the scheduled hearing date.
- Motion
- Up to 25 pages
Document Format Requirements1 rule
Trial exhibits over four pages must be consecutively paginated with sufficient copies for all parties and the witness, or they will not be allowed at trial.
- More than 4 pages
Formatting
- •Consecutive pagination (bates-stamp or otherwise)
Court's wording
Any exhibit either party desires to use at trial exceeding four (4) pages in length must be consecutively paginated (by bates-stamp method or otherwise), with sufficient copies of such consecutively paginated exhibit so that both parties and the witness can refer to the exhibit at the same time during trial. Any exhibit not meeting these two requirements will not be allowed for use at trial.
Document Filing Requirements6 rules
Any party who used AI in preparing a filed paper must disclose that use and certify the accuracy of all citations.
- Document
- Any filed paper
Must include
- •AI disclosure
Court's wording
Any attorney or pro se party who used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of the complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the court MUST disclose in a clear and plain factual statement that AI was used. The party MUST CERTIFY that every citation to the law or the record in the paper is accurate.
Motions to withdraw must include the client's contact information, be served on the client with a Notice of Hearing, and include the client's name and contact information in the certificate of service.
- Document
- Motion to withdraw
Must include
- •Certificate of service
Court's wording
When filing a Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record, you are required to include the client’s contact information, including address and email address (if any) within the text of the motion. You are also required to serve on your client a copy of the Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record and a Notice of Hearing. You must include your client’s name and contact information in the certificate of service for both the Motion to Withdraw as Attorney of Record and Notice of Hearing.
The Court does not review exhibits on cell phones or laptops. Hard copies must be brought to the hearing, or the Court will not consider them.
Do not upload proposed Orders unless the corresponding Motion and any supporting affidavits, etc. are reflected on the Clerk’s docket.
Stipulations for Substitution of Counsel or Motions for Substitution of Counsel shall be signed by both the former attorney and the new attorney taking the case over. Stipulations for Substitution of Counsel or Motions to Substitute Counsel must be e-filed and a proposed Order of Substitution of Counsel may be uploaded electronically through E-order.
- Document
- Substitution of counsel
Must include
- •Proposed order
A non military affidavit must be filed and a copy submitted with proposed orders via CMS.
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Agreed orders must be submitted electronically using the standard Local Rule 11 form with no additional language.
AGREED ORDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. IF LOCAL RULE 11 IS TRIGGERED, PLEASE USE THE STANDARD FORM ATTACHED HERETO. DO NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (e.g. waiver of privilege, etc.)
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Agreed orders, ex-parte orders compelling discovery, and orders invoking the rules must be submitted through the online e-order system; hard copies will not be entered.
This means that if you are submitting an AGREED ORDER, EX-PARTE ORDER COMPELLING DISCOVERY, or an ORDER INVOKING THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, you MUST submit these through the online e-order system. ... Any hard copies of Orders dropped off or mailed to the Court will NOT be entered.
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Filing Timing and Cure Windows
The motion being scheduled must be filed at the time of scheduling the hearing.
Please file the Motion that is being scheduled for hearing at the time of scheduling.
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Requests to invoke the rules and waive appearance in small claims cases must be submitted via e-order no later than one business day before the Pre-Trial Conference or they will be rejected.
Judge Powell requires a uniform order and stipulation for this purpose submitted via the e-order system no later than one (1) business day before the Pre-Trial Conference. Proposed orders not in compliance will be rejected.
Page 1 | Request to Invoke the Rules and Waive Appearances in Small Claims Cases (Pre-Trial Conferences)
Service and Proof of Service Rules
Motions for new trial must be served within ten days of the verdict (jury) or the filing of judgment (non-jury).
All motions must be served not later than ten (10) days after the return of the verdict in a jury action or the date of filing of the judgment in a non-jury action.
Page 1 | Motions for New Trial
A Notice for Trial must be filed with the Clerk and a copy mailed or emailed to the JA.
When filing a “Notice for Trial”, you MUST file the original with the Clerk of Court and mail or email a copy to the JA.
Page 1 | Notice for Trial
Courtesy Copy Requirements
Hard copies of motions, memoranda, and supporting documentation for evidentiary hearings must be provided to chambers five business days before the hearing.
A hard copy of the motion, as well as any memoranda or other supporting documentation, shall be provided to the Judge’s chambers no later than (5) business days prior to the scheduled hearing.
Page 1 | Evidentiary Hearings
Motions or supporting documentation exceeding 25 pages require paper copies delivered to chambers at least 5 days before the hearing.
Paper copies of any motion or supporting documentation exceeding 25 pages must be delivered to chambers no later than (5) days prior to the hearing.
Page 1 | Special Set Hearings Procedures
Copies of the motion and related pleadings/discovery must reach the Judicial Assistant five working days before the hearing; originals are filed with the Clerk.
Copies of the Motion, and any pleadings or discovery to which the Motion is addressed shall be in the hands of the Judicial assistant five (5) five working days in advance of the hearing. Originals to be filed with the Clerk.
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A courtesy copy of a motion for rehearing/reconsideration with stamped envelopes for all parties must be provided to the division judge, and the motion must incorporate a memorandum of law.
UPON THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING AND/OR RECONSIDERATION WITH THE CLERK OF COURT, THE FILING PARTY SHALL PROVIDE A COURTESY COPY TO THE DIVISION JUDGE ALONG WITH STAMPED ENVELOPES ADDRESSED TO ALL PARTIES….A MEMORANDUM OF LAW SHALL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND/OR RECONSIDERATION WITH THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE COURT TO GRANT THE RELIEF REQUESTED.
Page 1 | Motions for Rehearing
Attorneys must send a copy of their filed Motion to Tax Costs and Award Attorney's Fees to chambers.
Attorneys must send to the Judge’s chambers their filed Motion to Tax Costs and Award Attorney’s Fees.
Page 1 | Motion for Attorney's Fees and Tax Costs
Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
Parties must confer in good faith before scheduling a special set hearing, and no law firm may notice more than two total cases per day without leave of court.
All parties must confer prior to scheduling the hearing and in good faith attempt to reach a resolution of the issues. No more than two (2) total cases may be noticed by any law firm, including all attorneys affiliated with the firm, on any given day except by leave of the Court.
Page 1 | Special Set Hearings Procedures
Parties must make a bona fide, item-by-item effort to resolve contested discovery before setting a motion to compel for hearing.
Prior to setting Motions to Compel on the docket, Judge Powell requires both parties to make a bona fide effort to resolve each contested matter, on an item by item basis, prior to the matter being set for hearing.
Page 1 | Motions to Compel Discovery
Adjournment & Extension Requirements
A Motion for Continuance requires prior contact with the opposing party and must be filed with a proposed order, conformed copies, and self-addressed stamped envelopes.
First, you must contact the opposing party to see if they have any objection. The Motion for Continuance must be filed with a proposed order, sufficient copies to conform and self-addressed, stamped envelopes.
Page 1 | Motion for Continuance
Dispositive motions on the Special Set Docket may only be canceled with court approval; a notice of cancellation does not cancel the hearing and failure to appear may result in sanctions.
Hearings on dispositive motions that have been scheduled on the Special Set Docket MAY ONLY BE CANCELED WITH COURT APPROVAL (Local Rule 11). A NOTICE OF CANCELLATION DOES NOT CANCEL THE HEARING. FAILURE TO APPEAR MY RESULT IN SANCTIONS. YOU MUST GET COURT APPROVAL.
Page 1 | Special Set Hearings Procedures
Chambers Communication Rules
Emergency Motions and other urgent matters should be filed with the Clerk and sent to div100@17th.flcourts.org.
Emergency Motions and other urgent matters should be filed with the Clerk and sent to div100@17th.flcourts.org.
Page 1 | Emergency Hearings Procedure
Special set hearings longer than 30 minutes must be scheduled through the Judicial Assistant.
All special set hearings greater than thirty (30) minutes must be set through Judge Powell’s Judicial Assistant.
Page 1 | Special Set Hearings Procedures
Same-day or next-day hearing cancellations require a call to the JA, and only the attorney who set a Motion Calendar hearing may cancel it.
If you are canceling a hearing that is scheduled for the same or next day, please call the JA as well. The Motion Calendar hearing may only be canceled by the attorney who set the hearing.
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Ex-parte communications with court staff are prohibited, and staff may not relay messages to the judge.
The Court staff will not have ex-parte communications with anyone and is not permitted to relay ex-parte information to the Judge. Please do not ask this Court’s Judicial Assistant or other court personnel to communicate any message to the judge.
Page 1 | Ex-Parte Communications
If a case resolves after being placed on the trial docket, counsel should call the JA as soon as possible.
However, we expect that if your case does resolve, as a professional courtesy to the court, a phone call will be placed to the judicial assistant as soon as possible, so that we can properly manage the rest of our docket.
Page 1 | Notice for Trial
Consult the procedures before calling chambers; the office is closed between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. daily.
Before calling, please refer to the procedures for answers to many of your questions. The office is closed between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. daily.
Page 1 | Telephone Calls to Chambers
Technical questions about online scheduling or e-order submission go to the JIS Department at calendar@17th.flcourts.org.
If you have technical questions or need assistance with the Online Scheduling System or with the submission of e-orders, please e-mail the JIS Department at: calendar@17th.flcourts.org
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