Stephen A. Pitre

CIRCUIT-WIDE (applies to every civil division of the First Judicial Circuit, not only this judge):
IN THE COURTS OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2024-25
(Vacates Administrative Order 2021-12)
RE: CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT– MANDATORY REVIEW OF CIVIL CASES
AND ENTRY OF CASE MANAGEMENT ORDERS
WHEREAS, the Florida Supreme Court has issued Administrative Order 2023-0962 and
amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200,1 requiring the Chief Judge of each
judicial circuit to enter an administrative order addressing certain case management
requirements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforementioned authorities, each civil case must be assigned within
120 days after the action commences to a complex, general, or streamlined case
management track; and
WHEREAS, except for case management orders issued in complex cases, the Chief Judge sets
the forms for case management orders;
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in the Chief Judge by article V, section
2(d) of the Florida Constitution, section 43.26, Florida Statutes, and Florida Rule of
General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.215(b);
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. The case management procedures set forth in this Order must be followed in all civil
actions unless the action falls within an exception set forth in rule 1.200.
2. Within 120 days after the commencement of any civil case subject to this Order, the
presiding judge in the case must review and assign the case to one of the three case
management tracks by entering an initial case management order. Complex,
streamlined, and general cases are defined as follows:
a. Complex cases are actions designated by court order as complex under rule 1.201,
and such cases must proceed as provided in rule 1.201.
b. Streamlined cases are actions that reflect some mutual knowledge about the
underlying facts, have limited needs for discovery, well-established legal issues
1 Rewritten rule 1.200 becomes effective January 1, 2025.
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related to liability and damages, few anticipated dispositive pretrial motions,
minimal documentary evidence, and an anticipated trial length of no more than
three days. Uncontested cases should generally be presumed to be streamlined
cases.
c. General cases are all other actions that do not meet the criteria for streamlined or
complex.
3. The case management order for each streamlined or general civil case, complete with
the applicable deadlines, must be entered no later than 120 days after commencement
of the action as provided in rule 1.050. The case management order for a streamlined
or general civil case must be in the form provided in the attachments to this Order,
consistent with the requirements of rule 1.200.2
4. Pursuant to rule 1.200, the case management order must specify, at a minimum, the
following deadlines: service of complaints; service under extensions; adding new
parties; completion of fact discovery; completion of expert discovery; filing and
service of motions for summary judgment; filing and resolution of all objections to
pleadings; filing and resolution of all pretrial motions; and completion of alternative
dispute resolution.
5. Plaintiff (if self-represented) or Plaintiff’s counsel must file a Notice of Final Service
(“notice”) when the last-named defendant has been served with the complaint to
notify the presiding judge that service is complete and that the case management
order may be prepared. The notice must be filed within five days of final service, and
Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s counsel must serve the notice on the assigned judge’s judicial
assistant. Filing the notice with the Clerk is not sufficient to meet this requi

[Excerpt — full order at the official source link.]