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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDAIN
RE:
INTERIM AMENDMENTS TOTIME CALCULATIONS
IN
THELOCAL RULES
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SEP
1
6
2009
STEVENM. LARIMORECLERK
U.
S. DIST. CT.
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THIS MATTER came before the Court on the petition of its Ad Hoc Committee on Rulesand Procedures for an Administrative Order concerning the calculation of time periods under theLocal Rules. For the reasons set forth below, the petition is GRANTED.This Court amends its various local rules on an annual cycle corresponding to the issuanceof new rules books for Florida federal practitioners by West Publishing Company, after a period ofpublic comment, notice, and an opportunity to be heard in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P.
83
andFed. R. Crim. P. 57Substantial changes to the manner in which dates are calculated in the various Federal Rulesof Procedure have been approved this year and will go into effect on December 1, 2009.TheCommittee has prepared corresponding amendments to the Local Rules, the Discovery Handbook,the Special Rules Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys, the Rules Governing AttorneyDiscipline, the Magistrate Judge Rules, and the Admiralty Rules. These, however, will not go intoeffect until April 15,2010, subject to the notice and comment procedures described above.To avoid any discrepancy between the manner in which time is calculated under the variousFederal Rules of Procedure and the Local Rules of this District during the interim period of December1, 2009 when the amendments to the Federal Rules go into effect and April 15, 2010 when thecorresponding amendments to the Local Rules will go into effect, the Committee has requested thattime-calculation changes to the above rules be set forth as an attachment to an Administrative Order,
 
to be in effect during the interim period. The Court has determined that this is appropriate, and it isORDERED that the modifications to the Local Rules, the Discovery Handbook, the SpecialRules Governing the Admission and Practice of Attorneys, the Rules Governing Attorney Discipline,the Magistrate Judge Rules, and the Admiralty Rules shown on the attached table shall be effectiveas of December 1,2009. This Order shall expire on April 15, 2010. It is furtherORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to post this Order, with the attached table,on the Court's website, and to take such other measures as he deems necessary to advise membersof the Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida of the forthcomingchanges in time calculations in the Local Rules.DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida this
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day of September 2009.
CHIEF
~fdfi~~TATES DISTRICT JUDGECopies provided to:Honorable Joel
F.
Dubina, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitAll Southern District and Magistrate JudgesCircuit ExecutiveThomas Meeks, Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and ProceduresAll members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and ProceduresLibraryDaily Business Review
 
TABLE OF INTERIM RULES CHANGESUnited States District Court for the Southern District of FloridaEffective December 1,2009
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pril 15,2010Interim Language
With respect to:.
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any motion or othermatter as to which the Court has conducteda hearing but has not entered
an
order orotherwise determined the motion or matterwithin ninety (90) days of the hearing, themovant or applicant, whether party or non-party, shall file and serve on all parties andany affected non-parties a "Notification ofNinety Days Expiring" which shall containthe following information:
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the date of anyhearing held on the motion or other matter.The "Notification of Ninety DaysExpiring" shall be filed within fourteen (14)days of the expiration of the applicableninety (90) day period.
Local Rule
7.1 .B.3.b(4)
Existing Language
With respect to:.
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any motion or othermatter as to which the Court hasconducted a hearing but has not entered anorder or otherwise determined the motionor matter within ninety (90) days of thehearing, the movant or applicant, whetherparty or non-party, shall file and serve onall parties and any affected non-parties a"Notification of Ninety Days Expiring"which shall contain the followinginformation:
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the date of any hearingheld on the motion or other matter.The "Notification of Ninety DaysExpiring" shall be filed within ten days ofthe expiration of the applicable ninety(90) day period.
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