Ronald W. Flury

POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PREFERENCES FOR ALL
CIVIL CASES ASSIGNED TO JUDGE RONALD W. FLURY
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 Ronald W. Flury, are
intended to facilitate the just, prompt, and cost effective determination of cases, and
to encourage courtesy, civility and professionalism in all participants. These
policies and procedures are intended to supplement, not supplant, the Florida Rules
of Civil Procedure, which shall control if there is any conflict between the two.
SECTION 2 - MOTION PRACTICE
2.1 - Form and Content - All motions and responses thereto, unless made
orally during a hearing or trial, shall be in writing. All motions shall state with
particularity the grounds therefore and the relief sought. All motions and
responses thereto, except those listed in 2.8, shall cite in the body thereof all
authorities relied upon or shall be accompanied by a memorandum of law. Copies
of reported cases should not be filed in the court file, b u t m a y b e
forwarded to the Court.
2.2 - Summary Judgment Motions - Any motion for summary judgment
shall contain therein, or by separate statement, 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.
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 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 to be admitted.
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It is generally counter productive to either party’s position to present the
court with a large volume of factual materials. Such a filing suggests to the court
that the party has not thoroughly analyzed its case or has thoroughly analyzed its
case and determined that its position is not well taken. A focused presentation
which establishes the party’s position is much more likely to be persuasive to the
court.
2.3 - Certificate of Good Faith Conference - Before filing any motion,
except as noted in paragraph C., the moving party shall confer with counsel for the
opposing party in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the motion, and
the motion shall contain a statement certifying that the moving party has conferred
with opposing counsel and that counsel have been unable to agree on the resolution
of the motion (the “Certificate”).
A. The term “confer” as used herein, means a substantive
conversation either in person or by telephone in a good faith effort to resolve the
motion without court action and does not envision an exchange of ultimatums by
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