Page updated on 2/5/2025
STAFF: Judicial Assistant Jaisel Cordoba and Court specialist: Lloyd Gayle. Email: jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org and Lgayle@jud11.flcourts.org
ALL ATTORNEYS AND SELF REPRESENTED LITIGANTS MUST SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AT FLORIDA COURTS E-FILING PORTAL AT: https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Florida-Courts-eFiling-Portal
CLAIMS OF EXEMPTION: Claims of Exemption are considered an emergency matter and will be heard as soon as possible. If you file a claim of exemption, call chambers to confirm receipt. Claims of Exemption will be heard on a 15-minute increment special set calendar.
EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS and NON- JURY TRIALS are moving forward. Please see ADMINISTRATIVE MEMORANDUM ON EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS DURING THE PANDEMIC in the documents tab listed below.
Thursday morning's five-Minute Motion Calendar consists of the following cases. PLEASE NOTE: ALL ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS FOR MOTION CALENDARS WILL BE SENT AT LEAST 15 DAYS IN ADVANCE. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
Motions to Compel Initial Discovery, Motions for Extension of Time, Motions to Quash, Motions to Reset Sale Date, Motions to Set Aside Default, Motions to Stay, Motions for Summary Judgment on Credit Card or Foreclosure Cases only, and Motions to Withdraw. ANY MOTION REQUIRING MORE THAN 5 MINUTE MUST BE SET AS A SPECIAL SET HEARING.
NOTE: Landlord\Tenant Cases will not be heard on the 5 minute motion calendar. Please email the Judicial Assistant at Jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org to schedule a special set hearing.
NOTE: MOTIONS TO DISMISS will not be heard on the 5 minute motion calendar. Please email the JA for dates.
Type: Open
Notice Before Hearing: 5 Business Days
Files at Hearing: None
SCHEDULING A MATTER FOR HEARING
5 Minute Motion Calendar
Motions must be scheduled with courtMAP only.
If the parties cannot coordinate a date and time of a hearing, then both parties must email the Judicial Assistant. If the parties agree on a date and time, then only one party needs to schedule the hearing.
The motion must take only 5 minutes of hearing time. Any motion requiring more than 5 minutes, the Court will cancel the hearing such as a motion to dismiss, motion to strike and motion for sanctions. These motions are not to be heard on the 5-minute motion calendar. As such, it needs to be set as a special set hearing. If you schedule a motion exceeding 5 minutes, it will be taken off the calendar.
At least 5 business days prior to the hearing, any documentation for the hearing must be submitted on the docket and by email.
All motions must be uploaded to the eFiling System no later than (5) business days before the scheduled hearing. Only proposed orders and agreed orders are to be uploaded to CourtMAP All orders must be in Microsoft Word format.
Unilaterally Set Hearing Procedures.
A party may request to set a matter unilaterally only if reasonable attempts to reach the opposing party have been unsuccessful and the opposing party has been given reasonable opportunity to respond. After receiving a date and time for a unilaterally set hearing, you must email the Judicial Assistant attaching correspondence between both parties. The unresponsive party has 3 days to respond to the email. If no response is given, the matter may be set on calendar. The notice must include the language that undersigned counsel set this matter unilaterally after good faith efforts to reach the opposing party were unsuccessful.
If the opposing party is not represented and counsel lacks contact information for the unrepresented party, you may call the Judicial Assistant without having the opposing party on the line. If counsel has an email for the opposing party, when following the procedure outlined above, must copy the opposing party on the email to the Judicial Assistant for unilaterally setting hearing after a reasonable attempt to communicate regarding the hearing.
NOTICE OF CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations should be emailed to the Judicial Assistant or faxed to 305-354-8729 at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled hearing. If the cancellation is made less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled hearing, counsel must call chambers at 305-354-8772 to notify them of the cancellation.
NOTE: Landlord\Tenant cases will not be heard on the motion calendar, please email the Judicial Assistant at jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org to schedule a special set.
Please note: Zoom information will be sent at least 15 days prior to the hearing. If parties set a hearing after all zoom instructions for the month have been sent or If you have not received the zoom instruction at 10 days prior to hearing, Please email the JA at Jcordoba@jud11.flcourts.org or the court specialist at lgayle@jud11.flcourts.org for the zoom meeting ID.
To check on the status of case, please log on to: http://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/civil/Search.aspx
Please be aware that certain items are prohibited on courthouse premises. If any listed prohibited item is detected to be in your possession when entering a court facility, you will be asked to exit the facility to secure the item elsewhere or dispose of it, before being allowed entry into the facility.