Kemba Johnson Lewis

Judicial Practice Preferences
Honorable Judge Kemba Lewis-Division H, J3, J7 and Q3
Judicial Assistant: Ellice Tousey
Office Telephone Number- (727) 847-8180
Hearing Line Number- (352)-309-8039
Email: CrCivW2@jud6.org
Mailing Address: 7530 Little Road, Room 312, New Port Richey, FL 34654
Overnight mail should be sent to room 201 (Court Administration) instead of room 312
Hearing Address: 7530 Little Road, Hearing Room 2J, New Port Richey, FL 34654
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Scheduling Hearings
II. Method of Hearing
III. Hearing Materials
IV. Withdrawal of Counsel
V. Motions Considered Without a Hearing
VI. Submitting Orders in JAWS
VII. Emergency Hearings
VIII. Civil Jury Trials, Civil Non-Jury Trials and Foreclosure Trials
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IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER: The Judicial Assistant cannot answer
your legal questions, and will not explain your situation to the Judge. Your
opportunity to speak to the Judge happens in Court only. You may wish to consult
an attorney about your case. The following is a list of self-help resources:
www.jud6.org/generalpublic/representingyourselfincourt
www.pascoclerk.com
www.flcourts.org
I. SCHEDULING HEARINGS:
• This section does not schedule hearings via JAWS.
• You may contact the Judge’s Judicial Assistant at CrCivW2@jud6.org
to obtain hearing dates and times.
• Hearing times are not reserved, and the calendars fill quickly.
• Until the motion(s) appear as filed on the Clerk’s docket, you cannot set the
matter for a hearing.
• All hearings must be coordinated with opposing counsel prior to confirming
your hearing date and drafting your notice of hearing.
• Once all parties have agreed upon a hearing date and time, you will need to
email the Judicial Assistant to confirm.
• Your hearing will not be calendared until the Judicial Assistant has received
confirmation that all parties have agreed to the selected date and time.
• Doing a Notice of Hearing is not confirmation that a hearing is set.
• You must receive confirmation from the JA that the hearing has been set.
• The notice of hearing should be filed within 24 hours of securing the date
and time and served on all parties on the service list
After a hearing is set: If an attorney or self-represented party wishes to add,
delete, or otherwise change the matters to be heard at a set hearing, the
parties/attorneys involved and the Judicial Assistant must be notified and in
agreement. There will be no cross-noticing allowed unless it has been
coordinated through the Judicial Assistant. If you do not coordinate with the
Judicial Assistant the motion will not be heard.
If the case settles, please call or email the Judicial Assistant to cancel any
hearings or Trial that may be scheduled.
Cancellations: Only the party that set a hearing may cancel that hearing. If both
parties have scheduled a hearing on the same date and time, all parties must agree
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to the cancellation. The Judicial Assistant must be notified by telephone or email in
a timely manner and a Notice of Cancellation of Hearing should be filed with the
Court with a courtesy copy sent to the Judicial Assistant.
II. METHOD OF HEARING (TELEPHONIC, IN-PERSON OR
ZOOM):
• Hearings 15 minutes or less will be done telephonically. Hearings longer
than 15 minutes will be done by Zoom, the Zoom information is provided by
the JA.
• If you want to appear in-person, that is permitted, please inform the JA.
• Evidentiary hearings should be conducted in person or via zoom.
• When the line picks up you will hear dead air, stay on the line until your
case is called. If more than a few minutes has passed and the Judge does not
come on the line, the JA can be contacted to ensure that there is not a
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