Southern District of Florida
Local rules, motion practice, and judge procedures for S.D. Fla. practitioners.
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Hard 28-day window for discovery motions. From the triggering event — response received, deposition completed, production made — you have 28 days to file. Miss the window and the motion is untimely. FL-SD is the only court in our 10-court sample with this rule.
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Emergency ≠ time-sensitive. Filing under the Emergency procedure without imminent irreparable harm can get you sanctioned. Use "Expedited" for urgent matters that don't meet the emergency threshold.
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Motions go stale at 90 days. A motion pending more than 90 days must be re-noticed or the court may rule without further briefing.
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Proposed orders go to chambers twice. File to CM/ECF and email to the judge's chambers. One without the other is non-compliance.
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