Judicial Section Details

Foreclosure matters will be heard on the Court’s motion calendar. Please schedule through CourtMap.

The moving party must give five business days notice.

Cancellations: File Notices of Cancellation through efiling and CourtMap and send a courtesy copy to the JA: HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org

 
Do not mail original note & mortgage to Chambers. 

The following items must be hand-delivered to the Courthouse or by Fed-Ex: 

1.Original note
2.Original mortgage
3. Notice of filing of both
4. Receipt for costs
5. Final disposition form completed

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HAND-DELIVERY OR BY FED-EX: 

Attention: Rodney Bruce, Supervisor of Civil Division, Osvaldo N. Soto Justice Center- 20 NW 1st Avenue, Suite 8.229, Miami, Florida 33128

For HAND-DELIVERY, all notes and mortgages may now be hand-delivered to Window #1 on the 6th Floor of the Osvaldo N. Soto Courthouse with ATTN TO: RODNEY BRUCE. 

For questions please call (305) 349-7509. 
The Court's Specialist will cancel the note after a judgment is signed.

Attorneys seeking to have original note returned should call (305) 349-7509 and review the Document: Request for Return Of Original Note/Mortgage. 

All hearings will be on Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 

(This is also our phone number to Chambers)

(No Password is necessary)

https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 

By phone: Call +1-786- 635-1003, type in Meeting ID 305-349-7074, followed by #.

Judicial Assistant- Hanh Nguyen:  HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org

 Coordination of Hearings:  Hearings shall be “coordinated” with all counsel and unrepresented parties.

“Coordinated” means that the moving party offers a date upon service of the motion and all others respond within one (1) business day with agreement to the offered date or an alternate date(s) that is/are within a week of the offered date and on a date that the Court holds Motion Calendar.

Failure to “coordinate” entitles the moving party to set the motion for hearing on the offered date. 

Interpretation: Parties benefiting from interpretation must alert the Court's Judicial Assistant and Court Specialist in writing and at time hearing is set, that an interpreter will be present. That Party and interpreter will arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled hearing in order to set up interpretation. The Court staff will assist with setting up simultaneous interpretation via Zoom or the Party can choose to use a separate telephone to provide simultaneous interpretation. Due to inherent communication problems and inefficiency, the Court will rarely allow consecutive interpretation.

Amount of Motions: You may set up to three motions.

Responses: Parties responding to motions must provide all their responses, descriptively titled, in the supporting documents section in CourtMap once the hearing is scheduled.

Notices of Hearing: Although the movant and the parties listed on the service list at the time the hearing is set will receive an email from CourtMap indicating that an event has been created, a notice of hearing WILL NOT be generated.
The movant MUST e-file the notice of hearing via the e-portal system.
It is the responsibility of the scheduling party to provide the Zoom information to anyone not on the service list, including parties to be served via physical mail.

Cancellations: To cancel a motion, parties are required to:
1. Notify the Judicial Assistant via email including all parties
2. File a Notice of Cancellation (notice shall include the date/time of hearing, and Docket entry numbers of motions)
3. The moving party must then cancel the motion calendar hearing on CourtMap.
NO HEARING WILL BE CANCELLED VIA PHONE CALL.

 Motion for Continuances must comply with Fl. R. Civ. P. 1.460.  If both sides agree on a Continuance of Trial, please submit an agreed order through CourtMap with new calendar and trial dates and send an email to the JA with a copy of the signed order to get a new order setting trial.

Responses: Any opposition to a filed Motion must be filed, served, uploaded to CourtMap and emailed to the parties, no later than five business days prior to the date of the hearing or the Court may simply grant the relief requested.

Motions to Dismiss: When setting a Motion to Dismiss for hearing, upload the Motion and the Complaint as supporting documents to the CourtMap hearing date. Failure to set the Motion to Dismiss for hearing can result in the Court striking the Motion and entering a default.

Organized electronic copies are preferred by this Court. No hard copies nor binders are necessary. 

To Calendar a case, schedule through CourtMap: 

https://cmap.jud11.flcourts.org/ebench/

The filed motion(s) and all documents in support must be attached when the hearing is scheduled. 

You must still prepare, file, and serve a Notice of Hearing to ALL PARTIES relevant to the case.

To confirm that your hearing is on calendar, please visit the clerk of the Courts' website at:
https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/ocs/search.aspx 

All non-jury and jury calendar call hearings will be held via Zoom.

Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 
Link: https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 

Calendar call is mandatory. Failure to appear at calendar call, may result in sanctions, including dismissal. Attorneys trying the case must be the ones attending the calendar call.

CASE SETTLED:  Submit the filed Notice of Settlement to the JA by email before Calendar Call. Cases will not be removed from the trial docket via phone.

Motion for Continuances must comply with Fl. R. Civ. P. 1.460. 

Evidence for Zoom Trials: The parties must upload all exhibits to the e-portal at least 5 business days before the hearing, instructions on how to submit evidence can be found on the hearing documents section.

Evidence for in-Person Trials: Do not file any exhibits. All parties must bring hard copies of their exhibits for trial. Exhibits need to be brought in on the 1st day. Each side will give the exhibits they want marked for identification to the clerk in order and organized (they can use a binder or folders). The clerk will then mark each exhibit:

Plaintiff's exhibits (evidence) are marked numerically: i.e.: Plaintiff's Exhibit #1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
Plaintiff's exhibits for identification are all marked with numeral "1" and then a letter - Plaintiff's 1-A for identification, Plaintiff's 1-B for I.D., etc.

Defendant's exhibits (evidence) are marked alphabetically: i.e.: Defendant’s Exhibit #A, B, C, D, etc.
Defendant's exhibits for identification are marked with the letter "A" and a numeral i.e.: Defendant's A-1 for identification, Defendant's A-2 for identification, etc.

It is highly recommended that counsels do not bring in double sided copies for their exhibits.

Cover Letter Required with All Submissions:

If required to submit a Proposed/Agreed Order, include a cover letter indicating the Judge's ruling and when the hearing was held, and any other pertinent information.

All proposed orders submitted must reference the relevant Motions by either: 1) Filing date; or, 2) Docket Identification Number. 

THE COURT WILL NOT ACCEPT COMPETING ORDERS: The prevailing party will write the order including the Judge’s findings and submit it to the opposing party. The parties will meet and confer so the prevailing party can incorporate suggestions consistent with the Court’s ruling. The non- prevailing party shall provide a letter with requests for inclusion and provide it to the prevailing party who will submit this letter simultaneously with the prevailing party’s proposed order to the Court.

Before submitting a proposed order, the parties must meet and confer regarding the language in the order.

TIMEFRAME FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS:

Prevailing party shall submit a Proposed/Agreed Order within one business day of the hearing. The non-prevailing party may have additional time to review if requested, however, the prevailing side may submit their proposed order and cover letter advising the Court if there has been no response within one business day.

HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSED ORDERS:
Submit proposed Orders via CourtMap to "Proposed Orders" or to "Agreed Orders." 
Motion and all supporting documents, stipulation, and a letter of explanation must accompany every proposed order. 
All orders must be titled in the block marked "Generic Order - You must rename the Order Title.
Please include the JA's email in all Proposed or Agreed Orders submitted.

MISSING AN ORDER?

If you have not received an order on a hearing within three days of submitting the ''Proposed Order,' please email the JA.

Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 
Link: https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 
By phone: Call +1-786- 635-1003,  Meeting ID 305-349-7074, followed by #

JA, Hanh Nguyen: HNguyen@jud11.flcourts.org

To Schedule a Special Set Hearing: You must submit the following IN CourtMap:

1)  Special Set Hearing Request Form
2)  Attach the motions to be heard
3)  Attach any relevant documents including exhibits, affidavits, legal authority, etc.

If you need a hearing sooner than what is available on CourtMAP- please email the JA with all parties copied and all documents listed above. 

For hearings that require more than one hour: please email the JA. 

Interpretation: Parties benefiting from interpretation must alert the Court's Judicial Assistant and Court Specialist in writing and at time hearing is set, that an interpreter will be present. That Party and interpreter will arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled hearing in order to set up interpretation. The Court staff will assist with setting up simultaneous interpretation via Zoom or the Party can choose to use a separate telephone to provide simultaneous interpretation. Due to inherent communication problems and inefficiency, the Court will rarely allow consecutive interpretation.

Scheduling in CourtMap: Docket entry numbers are required along with the title of the motions to be set.
You must include the Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074. 

Responses: Parties responding to motions must provide all their responses, descriptively titled, in the supporting documents section in CourtMap once the hearing is scheduled.

Notice of Hearing:
Although a Notice of Hearing is automatically generated, the hearing is not scheduled until you receive an email that specifically reflects the status as "Approved."
If approved, the court-generated Notice of Hearing will be automatically filed with the Clerk's Office.
It the moving party's responsibility to serve all parties with the notice generated by the Court, including parties to be served via physical mail.

Evidentiary Hearings: Evidentiary hearings must be specially set.
Do not set an evidentiary matter on the Court’s Motion Calendar. If your Special Set hearing is an evidentiary hearing, please indicate as such on the Special Set Request Form so that the Court can schedule the appearance of a clerk at the hearing. Exhibits must be uploaded to the eFiling Portal at least five days before the hearing (instructions on how to submit evidence is available in the hearing documents section). 

Supporting Documents: Responses and any other Supporting Documents must be timely uploaded via CourtMap to the appropriately scheduled hearing no later than five business days prior to the hearing date. All documents must be submitted electronically via CourtMap.

Cancellation Policy: Prepare the proposed Notice of Cancellation (NOC), specifying the reason for the cancellation, and upload it as a separate submission to the CourtMap hearing event; then you must email a copy of the notice to the JA and include all parties. If the hearing is cancelled, the NOC must be filed with the Clerk's Office. Do not efile the notice of cancellation until after the Court has reviewed and approved the cancellation.

Motions to Dismiss: When setting a Motion to Dismiss for hearing, you must upload the Motion and the Complaint as supporting documents to the CourtMap hearing date. 

DO NOT Submit Hard Copies or Binders to Chambers. The Court prefers well-organized concise electronic copies.