Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties Filing Bundling Requirements
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Whether to bundle related filings together or file them promptly as completed. This page is scoped to Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Exhibits may be filed together in one filing, but the filing must include an index identifying the exhibit pages.
You may file exhibits together in one filing but must file an index with said filing that indicates the page
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Jury instructions shall be submitted in one agreed upon package in appropriate order of presentation, with any disputed instructions flagged for review and discussion.
Summary: Jury instructions must be submitted in one agreed-upon package, appropriately ordered, with disputed instructions flagged.
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Civil cases
Once a motion is scheduled, subsequent motions may not be “piggybacked” or “cross-noticed” onto the time reserved for the first Motion, absent prior approval of the Court AND the original scheduling attorney.
Summary: Subsequent motions may not be piggybacked or cross-noticed onto a scheduled motion's reserved time without prior approval from both the court and the original scheduling attorney.
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To preserve the efficiency of the Court’s workflow do not submit Documents proposed orders until the supporting documents are viewable in the Must Be Viewable Clerk’s system.
Summary: A proposed order must not be submitted until its supporting documents are viewable in the Clerk's system.
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Jury instructions shall be submitted in one agreed upon package in appropriate order of presentation, with any disputed instructions flagged for review and discussion.
Summary: Jury instructions must be submitted as one agreed-upon package in proper presentation order, with disputed instructions flagged.
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The parties should seek to file all exhibits jointly, but in the absence of a joint filing, must file unilaterally at least 2 calendar days in advance.
Summary: Parties should jointly file exhibits, but if they do not, each must file its exhibits unilaterally at least two calendar days in advance.
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Where possible, counsel/parties should file exhibits jointly.
Machine summary
Counsel and parties should file exhibits jointly where possible.
Does Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties require motion papers to be bundled?
Yes. Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee Counties requires bundling for covered papers. Jury instructions must be submitted in one agreed-upon package, appropriately ordered, with disputed instructions flagged. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
Bundling is optional for covered papers before Judge Keith R. Kyle. Exhibits may be filed together in one filing, but the filing must include an index identifying the exhibit pages.
Judge Lauren L. Brodie: No. The rule prohibits holding covered papers for bundling. Subsequent motions may not be piggybacked or cross-noticed onto a scheduled motion's reserved time without prior approval from both the court and the original scheduling attorney. Machine summary, not yet verified; check the linked order.
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