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we" CASE NUMBER: 502021CA007567XXXXMB Div: AK ****
Filing # 128942637 E-Filed 06/17/2021 10:52:58 AM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 3.107
(Correcting scriveners error)
INRE: ADOPTION AND | IMPLEMENTATION OF
CIVIL DIFFERENTIATED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN
FOR CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
The Florida Supreme Court has directed that in order to maximize the resolution of cases,
every circuit must implement a differentiated case management plan for handling civil cases, Fla.
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10.pdf), This plan ‘must go into effect on April 30, 2021, and must require the presiding judge for
each civil case filed on or after that date to actively manage civil cases in a specified manner.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority conferred by Florida Rule of General
Practice and Judicial Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED as follows:
1. Effective April 30, 2021, there is established within the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit a Civil
Differentiated Case Management Pian appiicabie to aii newiy filed circuit and couniy civil
cases, excluding cases subject to summary procedure and small claims case types unless the
civil rules have been invoked. This Plan, which is attached hereto, requires judges to hold a
case management hearing in cach civil case within 30 days from the service deadline.!
Following that hearing, the judge is required to assign the case to a defined track and issue a
corresponding case management order. Subject to the presiding judge’s approval, a hearing
is not necessary in cases where parties file an agreed case management plan prior to the initial
case management hearing or if the judge determines that a case management order can be
entered without a hearing.
2. All Agreed Case Management Plans submitted by the parties pursuant to the Plan shall be
docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court with a DCMAP docket designator. Orders
Accepting Agreed Case Management Plans shall be docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit
Court with a DCMAO docket designator. Orders Implementing Case Management Plan
absent party agreement shall be docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court with a DCMOI
docket designator.
1 Per Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j), the deadline for effectuating service of initial process is
120 days from the date the complaint is filed. Therefore, uniess the time for service has been extended by
court order, case management hearings will occur within 150 days from the date the case was filed.
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Pty. PAL DLA VUUINE TT, FL, VUOL I mDnueey, ULUIAN, Yur eue! 1u.e.uu mitThe applicable seer a Order as attached to the Plan should be served with each summons
n. The Clerk of Circuit Court is directed to reject
summonses that do not have the Standing Order attached. The Clerk of Circuit Court shall
pend back the summons and notify the filer that the summons is not being accepted for filing
until the Standing Order is attached.
The Clerk of Circuit Court will docket returns of service with a SVRT designator and returns
of non-service with a NSRTN designator. The Clerk may pend back a Notice of Filing
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attaching a return Or NOM-TetUi OL SEFVICE AiG GTEC. UIE Party W Tene, ale Citin Cr Court
may also pend back a filing if multiple returns of service are submitted in one filing.
DONE and SIGNED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, this
_29th___day of April, 2021, nunc pro tunc April 28, 2021.
Krista Marg, Chief JudgeFifteenth Judicial Circuit
Civil Differentiated Case Management Plan
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Table of Contents
Purpose
Scope
Civil Case Tracks — Definitions & Guidelines
a.
b.
c.
d.
e
Complex
General
Streamlined
Expedited
Model Timeframes
Case Management Procedures
Model Forms
a.
eae &
Standing Order for Couniy Court
Standing Order for Circuit Court
Sample Agreed Case Management Plan
Sample Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan
Sample Case Management ReportI. Purpose
The Fifteenth Circuit Differentiated Case Management Plan (“Plan”) is being implemented
upon order of the Florida Supreme Court. Fla. Admin. Order AOSC20-23, Amendment 10 (Fla.
March 9, 2021). The Plan seeks to implement differentiated case flow management procedures
for the purpose of ensuring that newly filed civil cases are resolved as close to the model time
frames set forth in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B) as
possible.
il. Scope
This Plan applies to all civil cases filed in both the county and circuit court in Palm Beach
County on of after April 30, 2021. For purposes of this Plan, the term “civil case” means any civil
case where, as identified in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.010, the Florida Rules of Civil
Procedure apply. It also includes actions in which the Court has ordered that the action proceed
under one or more of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure pursuant to Florida Small Claims Rule
7.020(c). It does not include cases that are subject to the:
Rules of Small Claims
Rules of Family Law
Rules of Probate
Tt also does not include cases that require or permit summary procedure. Summary
nracedure cacec inelida
proceaure Cases Mud’:
e Actions to recover possession of real property under chapter 82, Florida Statutes
(residential evictions)
e Landlord actions to remove tenants under section 83.59, Florida Statutes (unlawful
detainer)
¢ Certain actions to enforce liens on real and personal property under chapter 85, Florida
Bintatan [Onn SOL AIT Dy tnt)
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¢ Certain condominium actions under chapter 718, Florida Statutes (See, § 718.116(8)(e),
Florida Siatutes)
e Actions to remove mobile home owners or mobile homes under section 723.061,
Florida Statutes; and
e Certain regulatory actions, such as Department of Health disciplinary actions and
licensure denials under sections 483.825(1)(/) and 490.009(1)(p), Florida Statutes.
Ill. Civil Case Tracks — Definition & Guidelines
a. Complex Case Track
i. Overview and Manner of Assignment: The complex case track involves those
races urith avteanrdinary camnlevity ac ta raanira or henefit fram early
Cases Wiul Cauaciqiunary CCimpacany aS wo Toque OF cinta aor ary
intervention and individual judicial management. Complex cases are defined by1. Motion or stipulation by the parties with court approval. Fla. R. Civ.
P. 1.201(a) :
2. Designation by the Court on its own Motion following a case
review. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.201.
ii. Types of Cases: Examples of case types that may be appropriate for the complex
case track are:
e Class Actions
Environmental/Toxi
¢ Mass torts
e Antitrust/Trade Regulation
© Medical Malpractice
e Nursing Home Negligence
¢ Securities Litigation
¢ Tobacco
iii, Case Management Process: Cases that are designated as complex will be set for
a case management conference by the assigned judge within 60 days from the
complex track designation and will follow the procedures set forth in Rule 1.201
thereafter.
ho Qonaral Cace Track
The general case track encompasses the large majority of civil cases, General cases require a
moderate level of judicial case management to reach timely resolution unless unusual pretrial
delays arise. Most circuit civil cases with a demand for jury trial will fall into the general case
track, General cases may include:
« Contracts and Indebtedness
e Auto Negligence
« Premises Liability
c. Streamlined Case Track
Streamlined cases are those cases normally requiring little judicial intervention with relatively
simple procedural and legal issues that can be resolved promptly by early referral to mediation/
ADR or expedited hearing. Streamlined cases may include:e County Court Civil Cases
al For
¢ Circuit Non-jury Cases
e First Party Insurance Claims
d. Expedited Case Track
Expedited cases are those requiring the least amount of judicial intervention, Expedited cases may
fnaludas
inecauae,
Contested Residential Foreclosures
Ejectments
Uncontested Cases
PIP Cases
e. Moaei Time tram
Per the guidelines set forth in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration
2.250(a)(1)(B) and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201(b)(3) as well the Circuit’s historical data,
case management plans should be based on the following model time frames from filing to
disposition:
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¢ Complex: 24 months
¢ General: 18 months
e Streamlined: 12 Months
e Expedited: 8 Months
Case Management Procedures
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Standing Order for Case Management Procedures? 1 all civil Cases, tie Cieik Witt
provide plaintiffs seeking a summons with the applicable Standing Order for Case
Management and Request for Agreed Case Management Plan. Plaintiffs should serve
this order on all parties along with a copy of the Complaint. If the parties are unable
to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan as outlined in the Standing Order by
the applicable deadline, the case will proceed as outlined below. Matters that arise out
of the parties’ attempts to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan will not be
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Assignment to Complex Track: If, on motion of the parties or the Court, the case is
assigned to the complex track, the case will be set for a case management hearing
within 60 days from designation and will follow the procedures set forth in Rule 1.201
thereafter.
Tatetnl Dastaws fae Carotna: In all athar civil i ii
Taitial Review for Service: In all other civil cases, case managers will review
pleadings and case events 90 days after filing for identification of proper service of alliv.
named defendants. In cases where summons(es) Have been issued but there has not
been proper service or a responsive pleading filed by defendant(s), case managers will
prepare Order(s) to Serve.
Dismissal for Lack of Service/Scheduling of Case Management Hearing or
Issuance of an Order Implementing a Case Management Plan: Case managers will
review pleadings and case events 120 days after filing for identification of proper
service and the filing of an Agreed Case Management Plan.
a. For cases where there is no proper service or a responsive pleading filed by
defendant(s) at 120 days and there was previously an Order to Serve issued,
case managers will prepare an Order of Dismissal for Lack of Service.
b. For cases where there has been proper service on at least one defendant but the
patties have not submitted an Agreed Case Management Plan, os managers
with tha
Will noitiy ihe assigned ju
applicable Standing Order. The Court will then either schedule a case
management hearing or issue an Order Implementing Case Management Plan
without agreement of the parties within 150 days from the date of filing the
complaint. Each order setting a matter for case management hearing will
require the parties to submit a Case Management Report to the presiding judge
no later than 10 days prior to the scheduled case management hearing. Each
order implementing a case management plan without a hearing must include the
information outline in subsection v., below.
Case Management Hearing: At the scheduled case management hearing, the Court
will determine whether the case should be assigned to the general, streamlined, or
expedited track and will enter a corresponding case management order, The case
management order must, at minimum, snecifu:
Managemen: Craer my coy:
o Deadlines for
= Service of complaints
= Service under extensions
= Adding new parties
= Amending pleadings
«The compietion of fact and expert discovery
= The resolution of objections to pleadings
= The filing of pretrial motions
= Completion of mediation
o A projected date of trial
o Whether the parties are seeking a jury trial or non-jury trial
o Estimated amount of time required for trialvi.
Vil.
Additionally, each order must indicate that the deadlines established will be strictly
enforced by the Court and that a firm trial date will be ordered by the presiding judge
when the case is at issue pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440.
Opting Out of Case Management Hearing: Parties may opt out of attending the
case management hearing by submitting an Agreed Case Management Plan and
Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan for the Court’s approval and
signature within 130 days of the date of the filing of the complaint. Any Agreed Case
Management Plan should specify:
© The case track
© Deadlines for
o Service of complaints
Service under extensions
Adding new parties
Amending pieadings
The completion of fact and expert discovery
The resolution of objections to pleadings
The filing of pretrial motions
o Completion of mediation
e Whether the parties are seeking a jury trial or non-jury trial
¢ The amount of time required for trial
¢ A projected date the parties will be prepared to proceed to trial
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The Agreed Case Management Plan should be attached in PDF format to a proposed
Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan and submitted to the divisional
queue through the Circuit’s OLS system. If the case was already scheduled for a
Case Management Hearing at the time the Agreed Case Management Plan is
submitted, the proposed Order Accepting Agreed Case Management Plan should
also cancel the Case Management Hearing and will include the date and time of
the hearing in the title and again in the body of the order.
If a case management hearing is set and the parties do not opt out by filing an
Agreed Case Management Plan, attendance at the hearing by trial counsel an those
parties who are not represented is mandatory.
Conversion of Smaii Ciaims Cases io Civii Cases. When ihe pariies to a smail
claims case (including Personal Injury Protection cases) file a Stipulation to Invoke
the Rules of Civil Procedure, the case will be considered a civil case for purposes of
the Plan. To ensure compliance with the Plan, the parties should file:
¢ Stipulated Order to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure
¢ Acompleted Agreed Case Management Plan
¢ Order Approving Agreed Case Management PlanIN THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN RE: STANDING ORDER FOR
CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SUBMISSION
OF AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR
CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
EEE /
STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBMISSION OF AGREED
~ CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN COUNTY CIVIL CASES IN THE |
PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
: (DCMSO)
Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a), Florida Rule of General Practice and
Judicial Administration 2.545, and Administrative Order 3.107 entered by the Chief Judge of this
Circuit, the parties are informed of the following information and procedures applicable to civil
lawsuits filed on or after April 30, 2021:
1, SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. The Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order
with each Summons issued in this case. One copy of this Order is to be filed with the Clerk of the
Citcuit Court with proof of service.
2. CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The Supreme Court of Florida has
established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases. This Court has
adopted a case management system to help meet those guidelines. In contested cases, the parties
are required to participate in the case management system. The case management system requires
early consultation and cooperation among the parties for the preparation and submission of an
Agreed Case Management Plan and early involvement by: the Court. The Agreed Case
Management Plan requires the parties to identify a case track, confer in a good faith and attempt
to narrow the matters in controversy, identify the issues that require direct involvement by the
Court, and establish a schedule for addressing those issues.! The Agreed Case Management Plan
may be accessed at the Court’s website at: https://15thcircuit.com/civil-differentiated-forms-and-
orders,
Unless all of the Defendants have been served and have been defaulted or dropped, an Agreed
Case Management Plan must be submitted to the assigned divisional queue via the Court’s online
scheduling system (OLS) as an attachment, in PDF format, to a proposed Order Accepting Agreed
Case Management Plan on or before 130 days from the date of filing of the initial complaint. If
1 Case Track options include Expedited, Streamlii
established in order to comply wiin ihe case disp
Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B).
d, General, or Complex. Case Tracks have beenthe parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan by the applicable deadline, a
case management conference will be scheduled by the Court or the Court will review and issue an
Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties, No matters that
arise as a result of this standing order, including lack of agreement, will be set on the Court’s
Uniform Motion Calendar and will, instead, be settled by the Court either at the case management
conference or via an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties.
If a case management conference is scheduled, attendance by trial counsel and those parties who
are not represented by counsel is mandatory.
If all Defendants are served and defaulted or dropped, the Plaintiff will file the appropriate
documentation to pursue a Default Final Judgment within 130 days of the filing of the complaint
and Final Judgment is to be entered or set for hearing within 150 days of the filing of the complaint.
3. NON-APPLICABILITY TO SMALL CLAIMS CASES. The above outlined civil
case management system does not apply to cases proceeding under the Florida Rules of Small
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file a Stipulation to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure, the civil case management system will
apply. Therefore, parties to small claims cases who invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure should
submit an Agreed Case Management Plan and Order Approving the Agreed Case Management
Plan as outlined above along with their Stipulation to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure.
4. MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR). ADR provides
parties with an out-of-court alternative to settling disagreements. Mediation is a type of ADR
wherein an independent third party attempts to arrange a settlement at a conference between the
parties. The Court requires the parties to participate in Mediation prior to trial unless the parties
agree to another form of ADR.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida, on this 26" day of
April, 2021;
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‘Administrative County JudgeIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN RE: STANDING ORDER FOR,
CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SUBMISSION
OF AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR
CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
a /
STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBMISSION OF AGREED
7 CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN CIVIL CASES
IN THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021
toon (DCMSO}
Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a), Florida Rule of General Practice and
Judicial Administration 2.545, and Administrative Order 3.107 entered by the Chief Judge of this
Circuit, the parties are informed of the following information and procedures applicable to civil
lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court on or after April 30, 2021:
1. SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. The Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order
with each Summons issued in this case. One copy of this Order is to be filed with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court with proof of service.
2. CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The Supreme Court of Florida has
established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases. This Court has
adopted a case management system to help meet those guidelines. In contested cases, the parties
are required to participate in the case management system. The case management system requires
early consultation and cooperation among the parties for the preparation and submission of an
Agreed Case Management Plan and early involvement by the Court. The Agreed Case
Management Plan requires the parties to identify a case track, confer in good faith and attempt to
narrow the matters in controversy, identify the issues that require direct involvement by the Court,
and establish a schedule for addressing those issues! The Agreed Case Management Plan may be
accessed at the Court’s website at: https://15thcircuit.com/civil-differentiated-forms-and-orders,
Unless all of the Defendants have been served and have been defaulted or dronned, an Agreed
Case Management Plan must be submitted to the assigned divisional queue via the Court’s online
scheduling system (OLS) as an attachment, in PDF format, to a proposed Order Accepting Agreed
Case Management Plan on or before 130 days from the date of filing of the initial complaint. If
the parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan by the applicable deadline, a
1 Case Track options include Expedited, Streamlined, General, or Complex. Case Tracks have been
esiablished in order io compiy with the case disposition siandards sei forin in Florida Rule oF General
Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B).case management conference will be scheduled by the Court or the Court will review and issue an
Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the Parties. No matters that
arise as a result of this standing order, including lack of agreement, will be set on the Court’s
Uniform Motion Calendar and will, instead, be settled by the Court either at the case management
conference or via an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties.
If a case management conference is scheduled, attendance by trial counsel and those parties who
are not represented by counsel is mandatory.
If all Defendants are served and defauited or dropped, the Piaintiff will file the appropriate
documentation to pursue a Default Final Judgment within 130 days of the filing of the complaint
and Final Judgment is to be entered or set for hearing within 150 days of the filing of the complaint.
3. MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR), ADR
provides parties with an out-of-court alternative to settling disagreements. Mediation is a type of
ADR wherein an independent third party attempts to arrange a settlement at a conference between
the nartles The Court reanirec the narties to narticinate in Mediation nriar to trial unless the narties
the parties, The Court requires the parties fo participate in Mectation prior f0 trial un.ess tne parties
agree to another form of ADR.
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County,
Florida, on this 26 day of April, 2021.
Administrative Circuit JudgeIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Plaintiffs),
v. Case No,
Defendant(s)
/
AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN
(CMAP).
The parties hereby submit the following Agreed Case Management Plan to the Court for approval:
Case Track Assignment! (check one):
Expedited Track (Case resolved within 8 months):
(It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute
resolution/mediation be completed within 180 days after the complaint
is filed and a final disposition entered within 245 days after the
complaint is filed)
Streamlined Track (Case resolved within 12 months):
(It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute
resolution/mediation be completed within 270 days after the complaint
is filed and a final disposition entered within 365 days after the
complaint is filed)
General Track (Case resolved within 18 months)
(It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute
resolution/mediation be completed within 450 days after the
complaint is filed and a final disposition entered within 540 days after
the complaint is filed)
Complex’ Track (Case resolved within 2 years)
(This tracic cannot be selected without a hearing and order granting motion
to designate the case as complex per Florida Rule of Civil Procedure
1,201)
' Case disposition times for all Case Tracks have been established based on Florida Rule of General Practice
and Judicial Administration 2. 250(a)(1)B) and the Circuit’s historic data. Although General and 1 Complex
Track cases may or may not be resolved with a jury irial, ii 1s expecied that Streamiined and Expedited
Track cases will be resolved without a jury trial.Case Deadlines and Events
—__ _—_ DEADLINE OR EVENT =
AGREED DATE
Service of Unserved Parties —
Plaintiff(s):
'Crogs/Counter Plai
| Motions to Add Parties or to Amend Pleadings
Plaintiff(s):
| Defendant(s):
Resolution of Objections to Pleadings and Pretrial Motions (All
motions to dismiss, quash service, strike affirmative defenses or
extend the time to answer or respond to a pleading must be heard by
this date)
Plaintiff(s):
Defendant(s): 7
Discovery Deadline for Fact Witnesses
(All discovery must be commenced in time to be completed betore
ithis date)
Plaintifi(s):
‘Defendant(s):
[Discovery Deadline for Expert Witnesses (All discovery must be |
A th nemnlatad hafnwe this date\
comincncea 1G DS COMpictea CCLOTe this Gate;
'Plaintiff(s): |
Defendant(s):
Completion of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
(Mediation is mandatory unless the parties agree to another form of
ADR).
Deadline:
Type'of ADR:
Other Deadlines or Events 'Trial Information
Is this Case At Issue pursuant to Rule 1.440? (Yes or No)
Estimated Date the Case Will Be Prepared To Go To Trial —
[PLEASE READ FOOTNOTE BEFORE COMPLETING]?
| (if counsel and unrepresented parties do not agree on the
estimated date on which the case will be prepared to go to trial,
\the Court may set the case for trial on its own motion)
Pit date:
Deft date:
Agreed:
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|Estimated Length of Trial (specify the number of trial days):
Identification of Jury or Non-Jury Trial
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? For retroactive cases pending prior to April 30, 2021, the estimated date the case will be prepared to go to
trial should not exceed the disposition time frame for the chosen case track. Cases that have been pending
longer than the corresponding case track disposition time frame must follow the following time frames:
Case Track Age of Case Estimated Date of Trial
Expedited More than 8 months Within 4 Months
Streamlined 12-18 Months Within 6 Months niin
More than 18 months | Within + Months
General 18-24 Months Within 6 Months
More than 24 Months Within 4 MonthsThe above-referenced schedule of deadlines will be strictly adhered to by the parties unless a change is
otherwise agreed to by the parties and approved by the Court. The Court will consider a request to approve
changes to these deadlines upon a showing of good cause by either party based on matters arising from an
emergency nature or unavailability. However, once the Agreed Case Management Plan has been approved
by the Court, procrastination in completing discovery or the unavailability of counsel will not constitute
good cause for a change to these deadlines. The failure to abide by these deadlines may result in sanctions
by the Court, including the award of attorney’s fees, the striking of pleadings, and/or a dismissal of the
action. .
Dato-
Signature, address and telephone number of Counsel and Unrepresented Parties. Counsel must state
Fl Bar number:
PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL = Or, ifunrepresented, PLAINTIFF
Address 00 Address.
Telephone # Telephone #____
E-Mail Address. The Plaintifi(s) is registered to receive
Florida Bar # eservice at
DEFENDANT’S PRINTED NAME | : iaaeen
DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL or, if unrepresented, DEFENDANT
Address 7 Address,
Telephone # 7 7 2 Telephone # =
E-Mail Address The Defendant(s) is registered to receive
Florida Bar # 7 poe eservice at A
CONFORMED COPIES TO:IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Plaintiff(s),
v. Case No,
Defendant(s)
PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF EMAIL DESIGNATION
Ihereby designate my e-mail address(es) below to opt into e-service in this case, By signing this
stipulation I am authorizing the Court, the Cierk of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Fiorida and
all parties on this case to send copies of orders/judgments, notices or other written
communications or pleadings to me through my designated e-mail and NOT through regular mail.
I understand that if I designate an email address, that address will be the exclusive means of
serving and receiving documents.
By signing, I am opting into e-service at __ —
secondary email (optional)
Address.
Telephone #_
This document should be filed or e-filed with the Clerk of Court separatelyY THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Plaintiff(s),
Ye Case No.
Defendant(s)
DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF EMAIL DESIGNATION
I hereby designate my e-mail address(es) below to opt into e-service in this case. By signing this
stipulation | am authorizing the Court, the Clerk of the Fifteenth Judicial Cireuit of Florida and
all parties on this case to send copies of orders/judgments, notices or other written
communications or pleadings to me through my designated e-mail and NOT through regular mail.
J understand that if I designate an email address, that address will be the exclusive means of
serving and receiving documents.
By signing, I am opting into e-service at _ a 7
UNREPRESENTED PLAINTIFF print name
Address.
Telephone #
Copies can be made of this document for each defendant and. should be filed or e-filed with the Clerk
oi Court separately: TT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Plaintiff(s),
v. Case No.
Defendantis)
ORDER APPROVING AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT
PLAN AND ORDER SETTING HEARING i
(DCMAO)
re the Court upon the Agreed Case Management Plan submitted
by the parties. Having reviewed the Agreed Case Management Plan and finding it to be satisfactory,
it is hereby
ORDERED that the Agreed Case Management Plan is hereby APPROVED AND ALL
PARTIES SHALL ABIDE BY THE TERMS THEREIN. It is further
ORDERED that the case shall be set for a hearing on. 2202 at
a.m/p.m, At this hearing, the parties will discuss trial readiness and the Court will issue a Trial
Order and place the case on a Trial Docket no less than 30 days from the date of this hearing. All
deadlines set forth in the Case Management Plan will be strictly enforced to ensure trial readiness.
DONE AND ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida.IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Plaintiff(s),
vs. Case No.
Defendant(s).
JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT
The parties hereby submit the following Joint Case Management Report for the Court’s
consideration: 7
Pleading Status
Provide a brief summary of the facts and theor(ies) of liability and/or
defenses eee eee eee erate = a
Js the Case at Issue? (Y/N, Refer to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(a)):
The following motions are currently open (name of motion and date of filing):
Status of Outstanding Discovery
The ‘following discovery requests are outstanding (for each request, identify: the date
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we" CASE NUMBER: 502021CA007567XXXXMB Div: AK **** Filing # 128942637 E-Filed 06/17/2021 10:52:58 AM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 3.107 (Correcting scriveners error) INRE: ADOPTION AND | IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL DIFFERENTIATED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021 The Florida Supreme Court has directed that in order to maximize the resolution of cases, every circuit must implement a differentiated case management plan for handling civil cases, Fla. amare Order AOsc20- 23, Amendment 10 (Fla. March 9, 2021) (available at Jdcwreload/ TIAN S/lel A OSCI0-92- A mend SO WWIMOGW F2TY Loi Ler AON ey oT Aut 10.pdf), This plan ‘must go into effect on April 30, 2021, and must require the presiding judge for each civil case filed on or after that date to actively manage civil cases in a specified manner. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority conferred by Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.215, it is ORDERED as follows: 1. Effective April 30, 2021, there is established within the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit a Civil Differentiated Case Management Pian appiicabie to aii newiy filed circuit and couniy civil cases, excluding cases subject to summary procedure and small claims case types unless the civil rules have been invoked. This Plan, which is attached hereto, requires judges to hold a case management hearing in cach civil case within 30 days from the service deadline.! Following that hearing, the judge is required to assign the case to a defined track and issue a corresponding case management order. Subject to the presiding judge’s approval, a hearing is not necessary in cases where parties file an agreed case management plan prior to the initial case management hearing or if the judge determines that a case management order can be entered without a hearing. 2. All Agreed Case Management Plans submitted by the parties pursuant to the Plan shall be docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court with a DCMAP docket designator. Orders Accepting Agreed Case Management Plans shall be docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court with a DCMAO docket designator. Orders Implementing Case Management Plan absent party agreement shall be docketed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court with a DCMOI docket designator. 1 Per Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.070(j), the deadline for effectuating service of initial process is 120 days from the date the complaint is filed. Therefore, uniess the time for service has been extended by court order, case management hearings will occur within 150 days from the date the case was filed. CHEN. DAIAARCACUAAIINTY Cl INGEDU ARDIIV7ZN FLED NAN 71INNN 4N-59-59 ANA Pty. PAL DLA VUUINE TT, FL, VUOL I mDnueey, ULUIAN, Yur eue! 1u.e.uu mitThe applicable seer a Order as attached to the Plan should be served with each summons n. The Clerk of Circuit Court is directed to reject summonses that do not have the Standing Order attached. The Clerk of Circuit Court shall pend back the summons and notify the filer that the summons is not being accepted for filing until the Standing Order is attached. The Clerk of Circuit Court will docket returns of service with a SVRT designator and returns of non-service with a NSRTN designator. The Clerk may pend back a Notice of Filing vee * ma Ot nA Ale at than anette wala Tha Clark af Oaw attaching a return Or NOM-TetUi OL SEFVICE AiG GTEC. UIE Party W Tene, ale Citin Cr Court may also pend back a filing if multiple returns of service are submitted in one filing. DONE and SIGNED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, this _29th___day of April, 2021, nunc pro tunc April 28, 2021. Krista Marg, Chief JudgeFifteenth Judicial Circuit Civil Differentiated Case Management Plan 2021Il. Il. Iv. Table of Contents Purpose Scope Civil Case Tracks — Definitions & Guidelines a. b. c. d. e Complex General Streamlined Expedited Model Timeframes Case Management Procedures Model Forms a. eae & Standing Order for Couniy Court Standing Order for Circuit Court Sample Agreed Case Management Plan Sample Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan Sample Case Management ReportI. Purpose The Fifteenth Circuit Differentiated Case Management Plan (“Plan”) is being implemented upon order of the Florida Supreme Court. Fla. Admin. Order AOSC20-23, Amendment 10 (Fla. March 9, 2021). The Plan seeks to implement differentiated case flow management procedures for the purpose of ensuring that newly filed civil cases are resolved as close to the model time frames set forth in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B) as possible. il. Scope This Plan applies to all civil cases filed in both the county and circuit court in Palm Beach County on of after April 30, 2021. For purposes of this Plan, the term “civil case” means any civil case where, as identified in Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.010, the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure apply. It also includes actions in which the Court has ordered that the action proceed under one or more of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure pursuant to Florida Small Claims Rule 7.020(c). It does not include cases that are subject to the: Rules of Small Claims Rules of Family Law Rules of Probate Tt also does not include cases that require or permit summary procedure. Summary nracedure cacec inelida proceaure Cases Mud’: e Actions to recover possession of real property under chapter 82, Florida Statutes (residential evictions) e Landlord actions to remove tenants under section 83.59, Florida Statutes (unlawful detainer) ¢ Certain actions to enforce liens on real and personal property under chapter 85, Florida Bintatan [Onn SOL AIT Dy tnt) DIAULES WEE, ¥ OF.V11, 1d, Oat ¢ Certain condominium actions under chapter 718, Florida Statutes (See, § 718.116(8)(e), Florida Siatutes) e Actions to remove mobile home owners or mobile homes under section 723.061, Florida Statutes; and e Certain regulatory actions, such as Department of Health disciplinary actions and licensure denials under sections 483.825(1)(/) and 490.009(1)(p), Florida Statutes. Ill. Civil Case Tracks — Definition & Guidelines a. Complex Case Track i. Overview and Manner of Assignment: The complex case track involves those races urith avteanrdinary camnlevity ac ta raanira or henefit fram early Cases Wiul Cauaciqiunary CCimpacany aS wo Toque OF cinta aor ary intervention and individual judicial management. Complex cases are defined by1. Motion or stipulation by the parties with court approval. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.201(a) : 2. Designation by the Court on its own Motion following a case review. Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.201. ii. Types of Cases: Examples of case types that may be appropriate for the complex case track are: e Class Actions Environmental/Toxi ¢ Mass torts e Antitrust/Trade Regulation © Medical Malpractice e Nursing Home Negligence ¢ Securities Litigation ¢ Tobacco iii, Case Management Process: Cases that are designated as complex will be set for a case management conference by the assigned judge within 60 days from the complex track designation and will follow the procedures set forth in Rule 1.201 thereafter. ho Qonaral Cace Track The general case track encompasses the large majority of civil cases, General cases require a moderate level of judicial case management to reach timely resolution unless unusual pretrial delays arise. Most circuit civil cases with a demand for jury trial will fall into the general case track, General cases may include: « Contracts and Indebtedness e Auto Negligence « Premises Liability c. Streamlined Case Track Streamlined cases are those cases normally requiring little judicial intervention with relatively simple procedural and legal issues that can be resolved promptly by early referral to mediation/ ADR or expedited hearing. Streamlined cases may include:e County Court Civil Cases al For ¢ Circuit Non-jury Cases e First Party Insurance Claims d. Expedited Case Track Expedited cases are those requiring the least amount of judicial intervention, Expedited cases may fnaludas inecauae, Contested Residential Foreclosures Ejectments Uncontested Cases PIP Cases e. Moaei Time tram Per the guidelines set forth in Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B) and Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.201(b)(3) as well the Circuit’s historical data, case management plans should be based on the following model time frames from filing to disposition: Iv. ie ¢ Complex: 24 months ¢ General: 18 months e Streamlined: 12 Months e Expedited: 8 Months Case Management Procedures FEES ee we aes Te at tet anene dha Mal ot Standing Order for Case Management Procedures? 1 all civil Cases, tie Cieik Witt provide plaintiffs seeking a summons with the applicable Standing Order for Case Management and Request for Agreed Case Management Plan. Plaintiffs should serve this order on all parties along with a copy of the Complaint. If the parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan as outlined in the Standing Order by the applicable deadline, the case will proceed as outlined below. Matters that arise out of the parties’ attempts to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan will not be od a A? neara at wie VouLL a Tit fae RM aAtinn Cnlandar 3 UML lytuWUl Varuual. Assignment to Complex Track: If, on motion of the parties or the Court, the case is assigned to the complex track, the case will be set for a case management hearing within 60 days from designation and will follow the procedures set forth in Rule 1.201 thereafter. Tatetnl Dastaws fae Carotna: In all athar civil i ii Taitial Review for Service: In all other civil cases, case managers will review pleadings and case events 90 days after filing for identification of proper service of alliv. named defendants. In cases where summons(es) Have been issued but there has not been proper service or a responsive pleading filed by defendant(s), case managers will prepare Order(s) to Serve. Dismissal for Lack of Service/Scheduling of Case Management Hearing or Issuance of an Order Implementing a Case Management Plan: Case managers will review pleadings and case events 120 days after filing for identification of proper service and the filing of an Agreed Case Management Plan. a. For cases where there is no proper service or a responsive pleading filed by defendant(s) at 120 days and there was previously an Order to Serve issued, case managers will prepare an Order of Dismissal for Lack of Service. b. For cases where there has been proper service on at least one defendant but the patties have not submitted an Agreed Case Management Plan, os managers with tha Will noitiy ihe assigned ju applicable Standing Order. The Court will then either schedule a case management hearing or issue an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties within 150 days from the date of filing the complaint. Each order setting a matter for case management hearing will require the parties to submit a Case Management Report to the presiding judge no later than 10 days prior to the scheduled case management hearing. Each order implementing a case management plan without a hearing must include the information outline in subsection v., below. Case Management Hearing: At the scheduled case management hearing, the Court will determine whether the case should be assigned to the general, streamlined, or expedited track and will enter a corresponding case management order, The case management order must, at minimum, snecifu: Managemen: Craer my coy: o Deadlines for = Service of complaints = Service under extensions = Adding new parties = Amending pleadings «The compietion of fact and expert discovery = The resolution of objections to pleadings = The filing of pretrial motions = Completion of mediation o A projected date of trial o Whether the parties are seeking a jury trial or non-jury trial o Estimated amount of time required for trialvi. Vil. Additionally, each order must indicate that the deadlines established will be strictly enforced by the Court and that a firm trial date will be ordered by the presiding judge when the case is at issue pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440. Opting Out of Case Management Hearing: Parties may opt out of attending the case management hearing by submitting an Agreed Case Management Plan and Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan for the Court’s approval and signature within 130 days of the date of the filing of the complaint. Any Agreed Case Management Plan should specify: © The case track © Deadlines for o Service of complaints Service under extensions Adding new parties Amending pieadings The completion of fact and expert discovery The resolution of objections to pleadings The filing of pretrial motions o Completion of mediation e Whether the parties are seeking a jury trial or non-jury trial ¢ The amount of time required for trial ¢ A projected date the parties will be prepared to proceed to trial oo0o0000 The Agreed Case Management Plan should be attached in PDF format to a proposed Order Approving Agreed Case Management Plan and submitted to the divisional queue through the Circuit’s OLS system. If the case was already scheduled for a Case Management Hearing at the time the Agreed Case Management Plan is submitted, the proposed Order Accepting Agreed Case Management Plan should also cancel the Case Management Hearing and will include the date and time of the hearing in the title and again in the body of the order. If a case management hearing is set and the parties do not opt out by filing an Agreed Case Management Plan, attendance at the hearing by trial counsel an those parties who are not represented is mandatory. Conversion of Smaii Ciaims Cases io Civii Cases. When ihe pariies to a smail claims case (including Personal Injury Protection cases) file a Stipulation to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure, the case will be considered a civil case for purposes of the Plan. To ensure compliance with the Plan, the parties should file: ¢ Stipulated Order to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure ¢ Acompleted Agreed Case Management Plan ¢ Order Approving Agreed Case Management PlanIN THE COUNTY COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021 EEE / STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBMISSION OF AGREED ~ CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN COUNTY CIVIL CASES IN THE | PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021 : (DCMSO) Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a), Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545, and Administrative Order 3.107 entered by the Chief Judge of this Circuit, the parties are informed of the following information and procedures applicable to civil lawsuits filed on or after April 30, 2021: 1, SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. The Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order with each Summons issued in this case. One copy of this Order is to be filed with the Clerk of the Citcuit Court with proof of service. 2. CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The Supreme Court of Florida has established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases. This Court has adopted a case management system to help meet those guidelines. In contested cases, the parties are required to participate in the case management system. The case management system requires early consultation and cooperation among the parties for the preparation and submission of an Agreed Case Management Plan and early involvement by: the Court. The Agreed Case Management Plan requires the parties to identify a case track, confer in a good faith and attempt to narrow the matters in controversy, identify the issues that require direct involvement by the Court, and establish a schedule for addressing those issues.! The Agreed Case Management Plan may be accessed at the Court’s website at: https://15thcircuit.com/civil-differentiated-forms-and- orders, Unless all of the Defendants have been served and have been defaulted or dropped, an Agreed Case Management Plan must be submitted to the assigned divisional queue via the Court’s online scheduling system (OLS) as an attachment, in PDF format, to a proposed Order Accepting Agreed Case Management Plan on or before 130 days from the date of filing of the initial complaint. If 1 Case Track options include Expedited, Streamlii established in order to comply wiin ihe case disp Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B). d, General, or Complex. Case Tracks have beenthe parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan by the applicable deadline, a case management conference will be scheduled by the Court or the Court will review and issue an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties, No matters that arise as a result of this standing order, including lack of agreement, will be set on the Court’s Uniform Motion Calendar and will, instead, be settled by the Court either at the case management conference or via an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties. If a case management conference is scheduled, attendance by trial counsel and those parties who are not represented by counsel is mandatory. If all Defendants are served and defaulted or dropped, the Plaintiff will file the appropriate documentation to pursue a Default Final Judgment within 130 days of the filing of the complaint and Final Judgment is to be entered or set for hearing within 150 days of the filing of the complaint. 3. NON-APPLICABILITY TO SMALL CLAIMS CASES. The above outlined civil case management system does not apply to cases proceeding under the Florida Rules of Small Claime Hnwavar whan narties ta a emall alaime ace (inelndina Pareanal Iniury Protection cacec) MuGllls, GIO WCVEL, Wiel paruce to @ Siw Canine Case Ueiusuig VgcuoL ajuny a rOuwoMun Casey, file a Stipulation to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure, the civil case management system will apply. Therefore, parties to small claims cases who invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure should submit an Agreed Case Management Plan and Order Approving the Agreed Case Management Plan as outlined above along with their Stipulation to Invoke the Rules of Civil Procedure. 4. MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR). ADR provides parties with an out-of-court alternative to settling disagreements. Mediation is a type of ADR wherein an independent third party attempts to arrange a settlement at a conference between the parties. The Court requires the parties to participate in Mediation prior to trial unless the parties agree to another form of ADR. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida, on this 26" day of April, 2021; pvaie *farri- feats ‘Administrative County JudgeIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: STANDING ORDER FOR, CASE MANAGEMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CASES FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021 a / STANDING ORDER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUBMISSION OF AGREED 7 CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN CIVIL CASES IN THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FILED ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 2021 toon (DCMSO} Pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.200(a), Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.545, and Administrative Order 3.107 entered by the Chief Judge of this Circuit, the parties are informed of the following information and procedures applicable to civil lawsuits filed in the Circuit Court on or after April 30, 2021: 1. SERVICE OF THIS ORDER. The Plaintiff is directed to serve a copy of this Order with each Summons issued in this case. One copy of this Order is to be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court with proof of service. 2. CIVIL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The Supreme Court of Florida has established guidelines for the prompt processing and resolution of civil cases. This Court has adopted a case management system to help meet those guidelines. In contested cases, the parties are required to participate in the case management system. The case management system requires early consultation and cooperation among the parties for the preparation and submission of an Agreed Case Management Plan and early involvement by the Court. The Agreed Case Management Plan requires the parties to identify a case track, confer in good faith and attempt to narrow the matters in controversy, identify the issues that require direct involvement by the Court, and establish a schedule for addressing those issues! The Agreed Case Management Plan may be accessed at the Court’s website at: https://15thcircuit.com/civil-differentiated-forms-and-orders, Unless all of the Defendants have been served and have been defaulted or dronned, an Agreed Case Management Plan must be submitted to the assigned divisional queue via the Court’s online scheduling system (OLS) as an attachment, in PDF format, to a proposed Order Accepting Agreed Case Management Plan on or before 130 days from the date of filing of the initial complaint. If the parties are unable to agree on an Agreed Case Management Plan by the applicable deadline, a 1 Case Track options include Expedited, Streamlined, General, or Complex. Case Tracks have been esiablished in order io compiy with the case disposition siandards sei forin in Florida Rule oF General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.250(a)(1)(B).case management conference will be scheduled by the Court or the Court will review and issue an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the Parties. No matters that arise as a result of this standing order, including lack of agreement, will be set on the Court’s Uniform Motion Calendar and will, instead, be settled by the Court either at the case management conference or via an Order Implementing Case Management Plan without agreement of the parties. If a case management conference is scheduled, attendance by trial counsel and those parties who are not represented by counsel is mandatory. If all Defendants are served and defauited or dropped, the Piaintiff will file the appropriate documentation to pursue a Default Final Judgment within 130 days of the filing of the complaint and Final Judgment is to be entered or set for hearing within 150 days of the filing of the complaint. 3. MEDIATION/ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR), ADR provides parties with an out-of-court alternative to settling disagreements. Mediation is a type of ADR wherein an independent third party attempts to arrange a settlement at a conference between the nartles The Court reanirec the narties to narticinate in Mediation nriar to trial unless the narties the parties, The Court requires the parties fo participate in Mectation prior f0 trial un.ess tne parties agree to another form of ADR. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, on this 26 day of April, 2021. Administrative Circuit JudgeIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Plaintiffs), v. Case No, Defendant(s) / AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CMAP). The parties hereby submit the following Agreed Case Management Plan to the Court for approval: Case Track Assignment! (check one): Expedited Track (Case resolved within 8 months): (It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute resolution/mediation be completed within 180 days after the complaint is filed and a final disposition entered within 245 days after the complaint is filed) Streamlined Track (Case resolved within 12 months): (It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute resolution/mediation be completed within 270 days after the complaint is filed and a final disposition entered within 365 days after the complaint is filed) General Track (Case resolved within 18 months) (It is recommended that discovery and an alternative dispute resolution/mediation be completed within 450 days after the complaint is filed and a final disposition entered within 540 days after the complaint is filed) Complex’ Track (Case resolved within 2 years) (This tracic cannot be selected without a hearing and order granting motion to designate the case as complex per Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1,201) ' Case disposition times for all Case Tracks have been established based on Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2. 250(a)(1)B) and the Circuit’s historic data. Although General and 1 Complex Track cases may or may not be resolved with a jury irial, ii 1s expecied that Streamiined and Expedited Track cases will be resolved without a jury trial.Case Deadlines and Events —__ _—_ DEADLINE OR EVENT = AGREED DATE Service of Unserved Parties — Plaintiff(s): 'Crogs/Counter Plai | Motions to Add Parties or to Amend Pleadings Plaintiff(s): | Defendant(s): Resolution of Objections to Pleadings and Pretrial Motions (All motions to dismiss, quash service, strike affirmative defenses or extend the time to answer or respond to a pleading must be heard by this date) Plaintiff(s): Defendant(s): 7 Discovery Deadline for Fact Witnesses (All discovery must be commenced in time to be completed betore ithis date) Plaintifi(s): ‘Defendant(s): [Discovery Deadline for Expert Witnesses (All discovery must be | A th nemnlatad hafnwe this date\ comincncea 1G DS COMpictea CCLOTe this Gate; 'Plaintiff(s): | Defendant(s): Completion of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (Mediation is mandatory unless the parties agree to another form of ADR). Deadline: Type'of ADR: Other Deadlines or Events 'Trial Information Is this Case At Issue pursuant to Rule 1.440? (Yes or No) Estimated Date the Case Will Be Prepared To Go To Trial — [PLEASE READ FOOTNOTE BEFORE COMPLETING]? | (if counsel and unrepresented parties do not agree on the estimated date on which the case will be prepared to go to trial, \the Court may set the case for trial on its own motion) Pit date: Deft date: Agreed: ! Van au Na qi 163 OF |Estimated Length of Trial (specify the number of trial days): Identification of Jury or Non-Jury Trial (remainder of page intentionally left blank) ? For retroactive cases pending prior to April 30, 2021, the estimated date the case will be prepared to go to trial should not exceed the disposition time frame for the chosen case track. Cases that have been pending longer than the corresponding case track disposition time frame must follow the following time frames: Case Track Age of Case Estimated Date of Trial Expedited More than 8 months Within 4 Months Streamlined 12-18 Months Within 6 Months niin More than 18 months | Within + Months General 18-24 Months Within 6 Months More than 24 Months Within 4 MonthsThe above-referenced schedule of deadlines will be strictly adhered to by the parties unless a change is otherwise agreed to by the parties and approved by the Court. The Court will consider a request to approve changes to these deadlines upon a showing of good cause by either party based on matters arising from an emergency nature or unavailability. However, once the Agreed Case Management Plan has been approved by the Court, procrastination in completing discovery or the unavailability of counsel will not constitute good cause for a change to these deadlines. The failure to abide by these deadlines may result in sanctions by the Court, including the award of attorney’s fees, the striking of pleadings, and/or a dismissal of the action. . Dato- Signature, address and telephone number of Counsel and Unrepresented Parties. Counsel must state Fl Bar number: PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL = Or, ifunrepresented, PLAINTIFF Address 00 Address. Telephone # Telephone #____ E-Mail Address. The Plaintifi(s) is registered to receive Florida Bar # eservice at DEFENDANT’S PRINTED NAME | : iaaeen DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL or, if unrepresented, DEFENDANT Address 7 Address, Telephone # 7 7 2 Telephone # = E-Mail Address The Defendant(s) is registered to receive Florida Bar # 7 poe eservice at A CONFORMED COPIES TO:IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Plaintiff(s), v. Case No, Defendant(s) PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF EMAIL DESIGNATION Ihereby designate my e-mail address(es) below to opt into e-service in this case, By signing this stipulation I am authorizing the Court, the Cierk of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Fiorida and all parties on this case to send copies of orders/judgments, notices or other written communications or pleadings to me through my designated e-mail and NOT through regular mail. I understand that if I designate an email address, that address will be the exclusive means of serving and receiving documents. By signing, I am opting into e-service at __ — secondary email (optional) Address. Telephone #_ This document should be filed or e-filed with the Clerk of Court separatelyY THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Plaintiff(s), Ye Case No. Defendant(s) DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF EMAIL DESIGNATION I hereby designate my e-mail address(es) below to opt into e-service in this case. By signing this stipulation | am authorizing the Court, the Clerk of the Fifteenth Judicial Cireuit of Florida and all parties on this case to send copies of orders/judgments, notices or other written communications or pleadings to me through my designated e-mail and NOT through regular mail. J understand that if I designate an email address, that address will be the exclusive means of serving and receiving documents. By signing, I am opting into e-service at _ a 7 UNREPRESENTED PLAINTIFF print name Address. Telephone # Copies can be made of this document for each defendant and. should be filed or e-filed with the Clerk oi Court separately: TT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Plaintiff(s), v. Case No. Defendantis) ORDER APPROVING AGREED CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ORDER SETTING HEARING i (DCMAO) re the Court upon the Agreed Case Management Plan submitted by the parties. Having reviewed the Agreed Case Management Plan and finding it to be satisfactory, it is hereby ORDERED that the Agreed Case Management Plan is hereby APPROVED AND ALL PARTIES SHALL ABIDE BY THE TERMS THEREIN. It is further ORDERED that the case shall be set for a hearing on. 2202 at a.m/p.m, At this hearing, the parties will discuss trial readiness and the Court will issue a Trial Order and place the case on a Trial Docket no less than 30 days from the date of this hearing. All deadlines set forth in the Case Management Plan will be strictly enforced to ensure trial readiness. DONE AND ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida.IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Plaintiff(s), vs. Case No. Defendant(s). JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT The parties hereby submit the following Joint Case Management Report for the Court’s consideration: 7 Pleading Status Provide a brief summary of the facts and theor(ies) of liability and/or defenses eee eee eee erate = a Js the Case at Issue? (Y/N, Refer to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.440(a)): The following motions are currently open (name of motion and date of filing): Status of Outstanding Discovery The ‘following discovery requests are outstanding (for each request, identify: the date propounded, the date of response, whether objections have been filed, the date the parties met leet es ot wo ee a a tt and conferred about objections, whether privilege nas Deen raised, and ine aale a privilege 10g was filed): The following discovery motions are outstanding (name of motion and date of filing): _ - o 7 : 7Are additional interrogatories, request to produce, or requests to admit anticipated? If yes, in what form and by when: Fact The following fact witness depositions have been taken/are planned (provide name and date): Expert Discovery The deadline for expert disclosure was/is: The deadline for any planned examinations or inspections was/is: The following expert witness depositions have been taken/are planned (provide name and date): ee The deadline for the exchange of expert reports/discovery was/is: Dispositive Motions Anticipated and Brief Scheduled for Such Motions (list): Mediation Efforts Mediation has been held or has been scheduled (Y/N and date): : If yes, provide the name of the chosen mediator: Ifno, provide the mediation deadlines Trial Readiness: Type of trial requested (bench/jury):. SeesThe parties will be ready for trial by (date): s/Plaintiff’s Counsel s/Defense Counsel