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SCOTUS Building Electronic FIling System

There’s been some buzz online about the U.S. Supreme Court announcing that it is building an electronic filing system. Word came in the form of Chief Justice Roberts’ 2014 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary [.pdf]. The report states: The Supreme Court is currently developing its own electronic filing system, which may be operational as […]

Is Martin Luther King Day a Holiday in Florida Courts?

In a word, yes. As I’ve mentioned before, Florida Rule of Judicial Procedure 2.514 took the confusion out of legal holidays for the Florida court system. The Rule now defines Legal Holidays as: (A) the day set aside by section 110.117, Florida Statutes, for observing New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, Memorial Day, […]

Governor Fills New Second District Seats

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Sam Salario and the Hon. Matthew Lucas for their appointments to the Second District Court of Appeal. Governor Scott appointed Salario and Lucas to fill the vacancies created by the Florida Legislature last session. Soon-to-be Judge Salario will spend a few weeks wrapping up his practice as a […]