Judicial Section Details

Updated:  July 9, 2025

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 Molly Owers-Hacker (mowers-hacker@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 Molly Owers-Hacker (mowers-hacker@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." 

Revised: March 18, 2025

Select an available Calendar Call date via courtMap and follow prompts to submit a trial order to proposed orders. 

Note:  Foreclosure cases have a different trial period. Do not use the standard non-jury trial order. 

If you wish to avoid appearing at Calendar Call because the case has settled, you should send to chambers, PRIOR to Calendar Call, the filed Notice of Settlement via email 11thCA23@jud11.flcourts.org. 

Submit via courtMap to "Proposed Orders" (if the order is on a contested motion) or to "Agreed Orders" (if the order is agreed to or unopposed).     

Notes:

1)  Make sure to add physical addresses to service list for a party that has not provided an email.  

2) DO NOT SUBMIT ORDERS MORE THAN ONCE.  It will reflect as pending until entered or rejected.  If the order is time-sensitive or reflects as pending for more than a week, you may call chambers to check on status.

3) All proposed orders submitted to "Proposed Orders" or to "Agreed Orders" MUST be in Word format on the courtMap pre-generated blank order form and must be accompanied with the filed motion (i.e., the version of the PDF with the Clerk's stamp) and all supporting documents (i.e. stipulations, returns of service, etc.).  Please also submit a letter of explanation if it would be helpful to explain additional context.  

4) If a hearing is scheduled, do not submit an order prior to the hearing unless the parties have resolved the motion and are submitting an Agreed Order. 

5) The introductory sentence of the proposed order must reference the context in which the motion came before the Court (e.g., "This case came before the Court for hearing on XXXX, XX, XXXX on Plaintiff's Motion for . . ." or "This case came before the Court without a hearing on Defendant's Agreed Motion for . . . ."  The Court will reject a proposed order that does not contain the specific date the motion came before the Court or expressly state that the motion came before the Court without a hearing. 

Proposed Orders Extending Case Management Deadlines

Proposed orders extending case management deadlines must specifically list each pending deadline together with the the proposed extended deadlines.  Proposed orders simply extending deadlines by a certain number of days will be rejected.  

Orders Granting Leave to Amend

If the Court rejects a proposed order granting leave to amend with the message "See webpage re: separate filing," you should separately file the proposed amended pleading in the docket and then resubmit the proposed order referencing the amended pleading by index number and deeming it filed.   

A.TO SCHEDULE A HEARING

1. Select an available date and time via courtMap after coordinating with, or reasonably attempting to coordinate with, opposing counsel.

2. Submit the following to courtMap, separately, properly identified and titled:

a) completed Special Set Hearing Request Form, available in the “Documents” section of the webpage;

b) in a separate, single PDF file, the motion, together with all exhibits / support documents cited in the motion(s), following the formatting requirements in paragraph 3.   Please submit as exhibits / supporting documents all documents the Court will need to review when reviewing the motion.  For example, when filing a motion to dismiss, please include as a supporting document the operative complaint.     

3. Formatting requirements.   The purpose of these formatting requirements is twofold.  First, it is to enable the Court quickly to review referenced exhibits / attachments / pleadings.   Second, it is to enable the Court’s bailiff to easily download and appropriately identify and organize, electronically, the parties’ respective filings.  To that end, the courtMAP submissions must be formatted as follows:

          i. The PDF submissions must be appropriately and consistently named in a way to identify the party submitting it and what the file contains. For example, “Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment-BOOKMARKED.pdf” and “Defendant's Response to Motion for Summary Judgment – BOOKMARKED.pdf."  To enable the Court to confirm compliance with these requirements and approve a hearing request without having first to download the PDF and open it, add “-BOOKMARKED” to the end of the title (e.g. "P's Motion to Dismiss Supporting Documents - BOOKMARKED.pdf").

          ii. "OCR" the PDF files.  That is, make the text within the PDF files searchable. 

         iii. For the motion, use PDF software to bookmark the argument headings / sections so the Court can quickly reference them during a hearing.  

          iv. For the exhibits, insert a page before each exhibit with the large, bold, centered number or letter of the exhibit.  The font size should be the largest possible font that will allow the exhibit number/letter to fit on a single page.

          v.  Use PDF software to bookmark each page containing the exhibit number or letter. The bookmarks must be properly titled (e.g., Ex. A – Affidavit of John Smith) and in the appropriate order.  

          vi.  Use PDF software to bookmark any other supporting document and properly title the bookmark, such as legal authority.  Submission of legal authority is optional, but please do not submit legal authority unless the authority is material.  The file must comply with the OCR, bookmarking, and naming requirements above.  The Court does not have access to LexisNexis, so submission of cases with only LexisNexis citations is mandatory.  

Notes: 
a) Do not deliver binders or documents to chambers unless specifically instructed to do so. 

b) If opposing counsel has been provided with a reasonable opportunity to coordinate the hearing, and is unresponsive, the hearing may be unilaterally scheduled.  The attempt and failure to cooperate should be reflected, in detail, on the Request for Hearing form.

c) All available time slots are in 15-minute intervals.  Only 15 minutes are permitted, per motion, unless an evidentiary hearing is requested or the hearing is to address many discovery objections.

d) Hearing dates that are beyond the first day of the trial period or projected trial period based on the Case Management Order will not be approved.

e)  (DO NOT EMAIL) Call chambers (305) 349-7044 and speak with Molly if you need an expedited hearing, a hearing sooner than what is available on courtMap, or a hearing that will require more than one hour.  If it is an emergency, follow instructions regarding emergency hearings.

f) The hearing is not scheduled until you receive an email that specifically reflects the status as “Approved.” Once approved, the system will generate and file the Notice of Hearing. Do not prepare a Notice of Hearing. (Refer to the “Once Hearing is Approved” section for instances in which you will need to prepare an Amended Notice of Hearing.)

g) Motions for Clarification, Reconsideration, Rehearing, New Trial, Remittitur, Additur, and other post-trial motions (excluding motions for fees and costs) must be submitted with a proposed order to "Proposed Orders" via courtMap.  The Court will review and advise if a response is needed and/or if a hearing should be set.

B. AFTER HEARING IS APPROVED

1. Evidentiary hearings.  You must promptly notify the judicial assistant that the Court has approved an evidentiary hearing so the JA can reserve a Clerk of Court.   You must also promptly comply with paragraph 2 below.  

2. Amendments to Notice of Hearing:  Since the Notice of Hearing automatically generated and filed by courtMap will reflect that the hearing is via Zoom and will not specify if it is evidentiary, the party that requested the hearing will need to prepare, file and serve an Amended Notice of Hearing if:

          a. the request was for a live hearing or an evidentiary hearing; or  

          b. an Add-On (see #3 below) was approved by the Court. 

3.  Deadline for Submissions.  Responses and all additional papers for the Court to review must be uploaded no later than five (5) business days prior to the hearing in the same manner required when scheduling a hearing. (For example, special set hearings in this section are customarily heard on Mondays.  So, usually, all documents are to be uploaded by 4:00 pm Monday of the preceding week.).  In the rare case in which any materials to be reviewed for the hearing are submitted later than five business days prior than the hearing, to ensure the Court is aware of such materials, you MUST must immediately notify Bailiff Angelo Figueras (afigueras@jud11.flcourts.org) and JA Molly Owers-Hacker (mowers-hacker@jud11.flcourts.org) so they can bring the materials to the Court's attention for review before calendar.  

3. Add-ons. No add-ons are permitted without prior approval from the Court.  Submit a motion with proposed or agreed order, via courtMap.  If approved, prepare an Amended Notice of Hearing and submit all pertinent documentation to the courtMap hearing event, separately in the manner required when scheduling a hearing.

C. REQUESTING CANCELLATION

Only the Court can cancel a special set hearing. To request a cancellation:

1. Prepare a PROPOSED Notice of Cancellation (NOC), which must specify the reason for the cancellation.

2. Upload the NOC to the courtMap hearing event as a separate document.
3. Immediately contact chambers to advise the NOC has been uploaded.

4. The Court will review the NOC, and, IF APPROVED, the party shall file the NOC with the Clerk’s office. (Do not file the NOC before it is approved by the Court.)