Joshua M. Hawkes

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POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PREFERENCES
For civil cases assigned to Judge Joshua Hawkes
Judicial Assistant, Robyn Fricchione - FricchioneR@leoncountyfl.gov
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION
The Rules of Judicial Administration encourage the speedy, just, and inexpensive resolution of
cases, and impose on the trial court the duty to monitor and manage the docket in order to
achieve this goal. The following policies and procedures, which shall apply to all cases assigned
to Judge Joshua Hawkes.
SECTION 2 – MOTION PRACTICE
2.1 – Form and Content – All motions and responses, unless made orally during a hearing or
trial, shall be in writing, state with particularity the grounds therefore and the relief sought, and
cite all authorities relied upon or shall be accompanied by a memorandum of law (except those
listed in 2.8).
• Copies of reported cases are not necessary to be filed or forwarded. The Court prefers to
look at cases on Westlaw.
• A complete and substantive proposed order shall be included in all motions and responses
forwarded to chambers. This helps both the parties and the Court to focus on the salient
issues presented in the motion.
• Proposed orders should not be filed.
• Exhibits shall be filed in one PDF, with separation sheets, and not as individual exhibits.
To the extent the exhibit is too large to file as one PDF, separate volumes are permissible.
Again, do not file Exhibit 1, and under a separate filing Exhibit 2, etc. They do not get
labeled appropriately and slow down the Court’s review. Multiple exhibits in one PDF
should be numbered as one document with the separation sheets also numbered, such that
a citation to a page number in the exhibit packet matches the page number in the PDF.
2.2 – Summary Judgment Motions – Any motion for summary judgment shall contain a short
concise statement of the material facts as to which the moving party contends there is no genuine
issue to be tried. The statement shall be supplemented by an appendix which shall contain copies
of the appropriate affidavit(s), portions of depositions, specific interrogatories and answers
thereto, specific admissions, or other document of record relied upon to establish the material
fact. Citation to the documents contained in the appendix should be provided in the statement of
undisputed facts (see above on how to file an exhibit packet). The party opposing a motion for
summary judgment shall, likewise, file and serve a response containing a short and concise
statement of the material facts as to which it is contended there exists a genuine issue to be tried,
with an appendix in the same format set forth above. All material facts set forth by the moving
party that are not addressed by the statement in opposition will be deemed admitted. It is
generally counter productive to either party’s position to present the Court with a large volume of
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factual materials. Such a filing suggests to the Court that the party has not thoroughly analyzed
its case. A focused presentation which establishes the party’s position is much more likely to be
persuasive to the Court. Example:
Movant’s Statement of Facts:
1. Green Acres is a vacant property located at 123 Main Street. (App’x at 3)
2. John Smith owns Green Acres. (App’x at 4)
Respondent’s Opposing Statement of Material Facts:
1. Green Acres is a vacant property located at 123 Main Street.
Admitted that Green 

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