Judge D. Ryan Felix
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
Limits & Logistics
Courtesy Copies
Exhibits
- At Least Three Days Before the Hearing
Motion, Supporting Document
Adjournments
- An agreed Case Management Conference continuance requires a stipulation submitted through the statewide portal or by email at least one business day before the hearing.
Communication
Chambers
Document Format Requirements3 rules
The Clerk requires documentary evidence exhibits to be in paper format.
- File type
- Paper
- Exhibits
All motions and supporting documents must be sent to Judge Felix’s judicial assistant in PDF format via email.
- File type
- Motion
- Supporting document
Proposed orders are required to be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or via email to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org in Word format.
Document Filing Requirements12 rules
A motion to appear remotely must be filed with the Clerk, and along with a proposed order, must be submitted to Judge Felix’s chambers by email or hand-delivery at least one business day before the hearing.
- Document
- Motion
Must include
- •Proposed order
Judge Felix will not consider an email communication as a motion. All motions must be filed with the Clerk.
The parties must inform the Court of the specific instructions upon which the parties disagree.
Motions to continue trial must be in writing unless good cause can be shown.
All proposed orders must be sent under separate cover letter.
At least one business day before jury selection is to commence, the parties shall submit joint proposed jury instructions to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant in Word via email at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org.
A motion for continuance shall be accompanied by a certificate of the movant’s counsel that the motion is filed in good faith.
Trials may be set on a trial docket via Trial Stipulation signed by the defendant, counsel for defendant, and the prosecutor, or in open court at a Case Management Conference.
Stipulations to continue will not be considered unless an accompanying motion to continue has been filed as well.
Any motion requesting emergency hearing time must explain the emergency, the anticipated time needed, and, where appropriate, good faith efforts to resolve the matter without judicial intervention.
However, if the parties are unable to agree on the jury instructions, each party may instead submit competing proposed jury instructions.
If the order is agreed upon or stipulated to by the parties, it must state so in the cover letter.
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
The Case Management Conference continuance stipulation must be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or by email to the Judicial Assistant.
If the parties agree to continue a Case Management Conference, a Stipulation to Continue must be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or via email to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org at least one business day before the hearing.
Page 1 | H. Pretrial Procedures & Conferences
Proposed orders must be submitted through the statewide portal or emailed to the Judicial Assistant in Word format.
Proposed orders are required to be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or via email to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org in Word format.
Page 1 | D. Submission of Orders
Completed trial stipulations must be submitted through the statewide portal or by email to the Judicial Assistant.
Completed stipulations must be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or via email to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org.
Page 1 | I. Setting Case for Trial
Do not submit the same proposed order through both the portal and the Judicial Assistant.
Please do not send proposed orders to both the portal and Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant.
Page 1 | D. Submission of Orders
If a proposed order relates to a recently filed motion, the motion must also be uploaded to the portal or sent to the Judicial Assistant for review.
Because motions filed often do not reach the court file for upwards of a week, if the proposed order relates to a motion recently filed, the motion must be uploaded to the portal or sent to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant for review.
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Filing Timing and Cure Windows
Proposed jury instructions must be submitted at least one business day before jury selection.
At least one business day before jury selection is to commence, the parties shall submit joint proposed jury instructions to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant in Word via email at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org.
Page 1 | K. Other Division Procedures
Service and Proof of Service Rules
All materials provided to the Judge must also be submitted to opposing counsel.
All materials provided to Judge Felix must be submitted to opposing counsel as well.
Page 1 | E. Courtesy Copies
Communications to the Judge must also be sent to all opposing parties before the Judge will review them.
All communication sent to Judge Felix must also be sent to all opposing parties before it will be reviewed.
Page 1 | C. Communications with the Court
Courtesy Copy Requirements
Courtesy copies of motions and supporting documents must be submitted electronically to the Judicial Assistant.
Judge Felix requires that all courtesy copies of motions and supporting documents be submitted electronically to his Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org.
Page 1 | E. Courtesy Copies
For a hearing permitted to be remote, hard-copy exhibits must be sent to the Judge’s office at least three days before the hearing.
If the hearing is permitted to be remote, hard copies of the exhibits shall be sent to Judge Felix’s office no fewer than three days prior to the hearing.
Page 1 | G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings
If submitting digital materials that are too large to attach to an email such as photographs, videos, or audio recordings, those materials should be placed on a flash-memory data storage device and delivered via delivery service or hand-delivery directly to chambers.
If submitting digital materials that are too large to attach to an email such as photographs, videos, or audio recordings, those materials should be placed on a flash-memory data storage device and delivered via delivery service or hand-delivery directly to chambers.
Page 1 | E. Courtesy Copies
If feasible, provide the Judge with an identical copy of the exhibits submitted to the Clerk and an exhibit list.
If feasible, an identical copy of the exhibits provided to the Clerk, along with an exhibit list, should be provided to Judge Felix as well.
Page 1 | G. Exhibits for Evidentiary Proceedings
Filing Bundling Requirements
Courtesy materials should be combined into as few attachments as reasonably possible.
The materials should be combined into as few attachments as reasonably possible.
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Pre-Motion Conference Requirements
The prosecutor and defense counsel must confer before trial to resolve disputes over proposed jury instructions.
The prosecutor and counsel for the defendant shall confer before the trial date to settle all disputes relating to proposed jury instructions.
Page 1 | K. Other Division Procedures
Adjournment & Extension Requirements
An agreed Case Management Conference continuance requires a stipulation submitted through the statewide portal or by email at least one business day before the hearing.
If the parties agree to continue a Case Management Conference, a Stipulation to Continue must be submitted electronically through the statewide portal or via email to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org at least one business day before the hearing.
Page 1 | H. Pretrial Procedures & Conferences
Failure to request a continuance promptly may be grounds to deny the motion.
Failure to promptly request a continuance may be a basis for denying a motion to continue.
Page 1 | H. Pretrial Procedures & Conferences
The movant may support good cause with affidavits, and an adverse party may file counter-affidavits.
In seeking to establish good cause, the movant may file affidavits in support of the motion, and any adverse party may file counter-affidavits in opposition to the motion.
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Chambers Communication Rules
A pro se defendant seeking motion hearing time must email a copy of the motion to the Judicial Assistant and request available timeslots.
When seeking hearing time for a motion, defendants appearing pro se must email a copy of the motion to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org and request available timeslots.
Page 1 | Pro Se Defendants
The Judge will not consider or review ex parte or one-sided communications.
Judge Felix will not consider or review any ex-parte or one-sided communication.
Page 1 | C. Communications with the Court
A remote-appearance motion and proposed order must be delivered to chambers by email or hand delivery at least one business day before the hearing.
A motion to appear remotely must be filed with the Clerk, and along with a proposed order, must be submitted to Judge Felix’s chambers by email or hand-delivery at least one business day before the hearing.
Page 1 | A. Remote Appearance
Once the parties agree on a motion hearing timeslot, the pro se party must notify the Judicial Assistant to secure it.
After the parties have agreed on a timeslot for the motion, the pro se party must notify Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant to secure the hearing time.
Page 1 | Pro Se Defendants
The movant must notify the Judge of an emergency-hearing motion by calling the Judicial Assistant and emailing her a copy.
The movant must notify Judge Felix of the motion by calling Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant and emailing her a copy of the motion at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org.
Page 1 | F. Emergency & Other Urgent Matters
Motions for rehearing, reconsideration, new trial, or similar relief must be emailed to the Judicial Assistant immediately after filing.
All motions for rehearing, reconsideration, or new trial, or any similar motion, must be immediately emailed to Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant at CirCrimDiv1@jud12.flcourts.org after filing.
Page 1 | B. Hearing Procedures
Hearings expected to last longer than one hour must be scheduled by contacting the Judicial Assistant, not through JACS.
Hearings expected to last longer than one hour are unable to be scheduled through JACS. These hearings must be scheduled by contacting Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant.
Page 1 | B. Hearing Procedures
Hearings lasting one hour or less on assigned prosecutor days must be scheduled through JACS; if no JACS timeslots are available, contact the Judicial Assistant to schedule a special-set day.
These hearings must be scheduled through JACS. If the JACS system has no available timeslots, please contact Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant to schedule the hearing on a special set hearing day.
Page 1 | B. Hearing Procedures
Attorneys may not combine adjacent JACS timeslots to obtain a longer hearing.
Attorneys are prohibited from using JACS to combine adjacent timeslots to secure longer hearings – i.e., no piggybacking.
Page 1 | B. Hearing Procedures
Attorneys must not copy the Judicial Assistant on party communications that are not directed to the Judge’s office.
Attorneys shall not include or copy Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant on emails or discussions between the parties which are not directed at Judge Felix’s office.
Page 1 | C. Communications with the Court
After receiving available timeslots, a pro se defendant must contact opposing counsel to coordinate a time.
Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant will then provide available timeslots with which the pro se defendant must contact opposing counsel(s) to coordinate.
Page 1 | Pro Se Defendants
If the parties substantially disagree about jury instructions, they should contact the Judicial Assistant to schedule a Charge Conference before trial.
If there is substantial disagreement, the parties should contact Judge Felix’s Judicial Assistant to set a Charge Conference before the trial date.
Page 1 | K. Other Division Procedures