Updated: April 10, 2024
DO NOT EMAIL CHAMBERS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
Settlements: As soon as a case settles, please send the Notice of Settlement or the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal to chambers via email to 11thCA23@jud11.flcourts.org. Do NOT use the fax or email for any other purpose, unless specifically instructed to do so. All other submissions to the Court must be via courtMap. IMPORTANT NOTE: Emails sent that are not in accordance with these instructions will be deleted without a reply. Calls to chambers are welcome.
Zoom vs. Live Hearings/Trials: Most court proceedings will continue to take place remotely, via Zoom. Trials and live evidentiary hearings will take place in Courtroom 14-1 of the Dade County Courthouse. When requesting a special set hearing, parties have the option to request live or via zoom.
Submission of Original Notes: DO NOT FILE OR DELIVER ORIGINAL LOAN DOCUMENTS UNTIL I SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCT YOU TO DO SO. If Motion for Summary Judgment is granted, you have two options:
1. Deliver to chambers only the original note and mortgage, and upload the Final Judgment to courtMap, proposed orders. However, all Defendants not on the courtMap service email list must be added to the service list with their street address.
2. Deliver the Final Judgment together with the original note/loan documents, copies of FJ, stamped, addressed envelopes and check for Clerk, to chambers.
Submission of Evidence for Zoom Hearings and Zoom Trials: (The requirements here are only for Zoom evidentiary hearings and trials and are for the benefit of the Clerk. Submissions of courtesy copies for the Court via courtMAP must follow the formatting requirements detailed in the Special Sets section of the webpage.) At least five business days prior to the hearing or trial, each side must:
1. Mark the first page of each document it intends to introduce into evidence (Plaintiff with numbers/Defendant with letters).
2. Submit to the e-Portal, in the manner detailed below, an Exhibit List, containing the exhibit number/letter, with the corresponding brief description of the exhibit, and all exhibits separately.
To Submit: a. Go to the eFiling Portal;
b. Click on "File Pleading in Existing Case;"
c. Enter Case Number;
d. Once case populates, go to the documents tab, click "Add;"
e. Once Search Bar appears, type "EVIDENCE" and hit "Enter;"
f. Check Off "Evidence Submission," then hit "Browse" which allows you to select the respective document to be uploaded; and
g. Click "Save."
By submitting the documents as indicated above, they go into a separate Evidence Queue that allows the Clerk to access evidence submitted on a particular case. EACH EXHIBIT MUST BE SUBMITTED SEPARATELY. DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS THAT MAY NEED TO BE INTRODUCED SEPARATELY.
Updated: June 13, 2024DO NOT EMAIL CHAMBERS UNLESS SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
Submission of Original Notes: DO NOT FILE OR DELIVER ORIGINAL LOAN DOCUMENTS UNTIL I SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCT YOU TO DO SO. If Motion for Summary Judgment is granted, you have two options:1. Deliver to chambers only the original note and mortgage, and upload the Final Judgment to courtMap, proposed orders. However, all Defendants not on the courtMap service email list must be added to the service list with their street address.2. Deliver the Final Judgment together with the original note/loan documents, copies of FJ, stamped, addressed envelopes and check for Clerk, to chambers.
Submission of Evidence for Zoom Hearings and Zoom Trials: (The requirements here are only for Zoom evidentiary hearings and trials and are for the benefit of the Clerk. Submissions of courtesy copies for the Court via courtMAP must follow the formatting requirements detailed in the Special Sets section of the webpage.) At least five business days prior to the hearing or trial, each side must:1. Mark the first page of each document it intends to introduce into evidence (Plaintiff with numbers/Defendant with letters).2. Submit to the e-Portal, in the manner detailed below, an Exhibit List, containing the exhibit number/letter, with the corresponding brief description of the exhibit, and all exhibits separately. To Submit: a. Go to the eFiling Portal; b. Click on "File Pleading in Existing Case;" c. Enter Case Number; d. Once case populates, go to the documents tab, click "Add;" e. Once Search Bar appears, type "EVIDENCE" and hit "Enter;" f. Check Off "Evidence Submission," then hit "Browse" which allows you to select the respective document to be uploaded; and g. Click "Save." By submitting the documents as indicated above, they go into a separate Evidence Queue that allows the Clerk to access evidence submitted on a particular case. EACH EXHIBIT MUST BE SUBMITTED SEPARATELY. DO NOT COMBINE DOCUMENTS THAT MAY NEED TO BE INTRODUCED SEPARATELY.
Type: Closed
Notice Before Hearing: 7 Business Days
Files at Hearing: None
Updated: February 16, 2023
Motion Calendar Days/Time/Location: Wednesdays and Thursdays remotely via Zoom. Motion Calendar hearings are limited to 5 minutes per case. The courtMap system allows two (2) motions per case. Parties on the service list will receive an email from the Court with the information you need to connect to the hearing. Zoom link information is no longer available online. It is the responsibility of counsel to provide the Zoom link to anyone not on the service list.
To Make Calendar: Select available date and time via courtMap. The filed motion(s) and all documents in support must be attached when the hearing is scheduled (see below regarding supplemental submissions) and must comply with the OCR and bookmarking requirements detailed in the Court's procedures governing requests for special set hearings.
Once a green "Success" message appears, the hearing has made calendar. You must still prepare, file and serve a Notice of Hearing. If the motion(s) are not uploaded to the courtMap hearing event, the hearing will be cancelled.
Supplemental Submissions: The Court downloads and reviews materials in advance of hearings, so courtMAP submissions after certain dates need to be brought to the Courts attention. In rare circumstances where supplemental courtMAP submissions are appropriate, submit the supplemental materials no later than end of day the Thursday before calendar. For Thursday's calendar, submit the supplemental materials no later than end of day the Sunday before calendar. Any party submitting materials after these deadlines must immediately notify Bailiff Angelo Figueras (afigueras@jud11.flcourts.org) and JA Lucille Rodriguez (lurodriguez@jud11.flcourts.org) so they can bring the materials to the Court's attention for review before calendar.
Responses: Submit the filed Response, if any, and any supporting materials via courtMap to the "Motion Calendar" case number and hearing date. The courtMAP submission must comply with the OCR and bookmarking requirements detailed in the Court's procedures governing requests for special set hearings.
For Wednesday's calendar, submit the Response and any materials no later than end of day the Thursday before calendar. For Thursday's calendar, submit the Response and any materials no later than end of day the Sunday before calendar. If, in rare circumstances, a party submits materials to courtMAP after these deadlines, the party must immediately notify Bailiff Angelo Figueras (afigueras@jud11.flcourts.org) and JA Lucille Rodriguez (lurodriguez@jud11.flcourts.org) so they can bring the materials to the Court's attention for review before calendar.
Unilateral Settings: Parties may unilaterally set hearings on motion calendar if reasonable attempts have been made to coordinate the hearing to no avail.
Cancellations: The party that noticed the hearing may cancel via courtMap after it files its Notice of Cancellation. The Notice of Cancellation must specify the reason for the cancellation.
Motions for Rehearing, Reconsideration, New Trial, and other post-trial motions (excluding entitlement to fees and costs): These motions will not be heard on motion calendar. Submit the motion with a proposed order via courtMap to "Proposed Orders."
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.