UMC Caps: 2 Motions Per Case, No Stacked Time Slots — Division AK
Summary
Judge Sherman caps UMC at two motions/10 minutes total per case and forbids stacking OLS slots to manufacture hearings longer than 30 minutes; one motion only per 15-minute special set.
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Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Civil Division AK (Judge James Sherman)
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"FOR A SINGLE CASE – UP TO 2 MOTIONS/10 MINUTES TOTAL IS PERMITTED" / "Parties are not permitted to stack hearing times on OLS to create a hearing slot that is more than 30 minutes" / "One (1) motion only may be scheduled at a 15 minute hearing"
- Official source
- 15th Cir. — Division AK Instructions (Judge Sherman)
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 7, 2026
- Effective date
- —
- Last verified
- July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled.
Change history
- July 7, 2026Monitor: content changed at 15th Cir. — Division AK Instructions (Judge Sherman). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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