Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties Filing Bundling Requirements
7 rules from official source documents
Whether to bundle related filings together or file them promptly as completed.
CRITICAL
Jury instructions must be submitted in one agreed-upon package, appropriately ordered, with disputed instructions flagged.
Jury instructions shall be submitted in one agreed upon package in appropriate order of presentation, with any disputed instructions flagged for review and discussion.
CRITICALCivil cases
Subsequent motions may not be piggybacked or cross-noticed onto a scheduled motion's reserved time without prior approval from both the court and the original scheduling attorney.
Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be “piggybacked” or “cross-noticed” onto the time reserved for the first Motion, absent prior approval of the Court AND the original scheduling attorney.
CRITICAL
A proposed order must not be submitted until its supporting documents are viewable in the Clerk's system.
To preserve the efficiency of the Court’s workflow do not submit Documents proposed orders until the supporting documents are viewable in the Must Be Viewable Clerk’s system.
WARNING
Jury instructions must be submitted as one agreed-upon package in proper presentation order, with disputed instructions flagged.
Jury instructions shall be submitted in one agreed upon package in appropriate order of presentation, with any disputed instructions flagged for review and discussion.
WARNING
The parties should seek to file all exhibits jointly, but in the absence of a joint filing, must file unilaterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.
The parties should seek to file all exhibits jointly, but in the absence of a joint filing, must file unilaterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.
WARNINGCivil cases
Exhibits may be filed together in one filing, but the filing must include an index identifying the exhibit pages.
You may file exhibits together in one filing but must file an index with said filing that indicates the page
INFO
Counsel and parties should file exhibits jointly where possible.
Where possible, counsel/parties should file exhibits jointly.
Does Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties require motion papers to be bundled?
Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties: Jury instructions must be submitted in one agreed-upon package, appropriately ordered, with disputed instructions flagged.
Judge Lauren L. Brodie: Subsequent motions may not be piggybacked or cross-noticed onto a scheduled motion's reserved time without prior approval from both the court and the original scheduling attorney.
Judge Russell T. Kirshy: A proposed order must not be submitted until its supporting documents are viewable in the Clerk's system.
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