Jason Emilios Dimitris — Circuit Civil CA 21

Jason Emilios Dimitris

• Division: Circuit Civil
• Section: CA 21
• Court Location: Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center
• Phone: (305) 349-7074
• Room: OSJC 20.240
• Judicial Assistant: Hanh Nguyen

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Welcome to Judge Dimitris’s Court Division.
We pride ourselves on immediate access to court and our responsiveness.
We typically can schedule motions within the week and special sets within two weeks.
After you review our website instructions below and attempt to schedule through CourtMap, If you require help setting your case for hearing, please email Judicial Assistant (JA) Hanh Nguyen.

All emails to the JA must copy all parties and include the case number and parties’ names in the subject line.

Judicial Assistant- Hanh Nguyen:          HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org    
Court Specialist/ Bailiff- Alvaro Ayala:   AAyala@Jud11.flcourts.org

ALL ZOOM HEARINGS IN FRONT OF JUDGE DIMITRIS will be held on the following zoom link: 
Zoom info:
- Meeting ID: 305-349-7074 (No Password Required)
- Link: https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 
For your convenience, for all hearings, we made our Zoom link our chambers phone number.

Please Note:
Attorneys and pro se litigants must comply with the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure.

Attorneys must provide to the JA courtesy copies of motions and notices filed within 72 hours of the scheduled hearing because otherwise, they do not appear in CourtMap in time for the judge to know of their existence.

Filing a motion is insufficient for consideration by the Court – the party must set the motion for hearing to bring the filing to the Court’s attention. The Court may strike sua sponte motions filed but not timely set.

Interpretation: Parties benefiting from interpretation must alert the Court's Judicial Assistant and Court Specialist in writing and at time hearing is set, that an interpreter will be present. That Party and interpreter will arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled hearing in order to set up interpretation. The Court staff will assist with setting up simultaneous interpretation via Zoom or the Party can choose to use a separate telephone to provide simultaneous interpretation. Due to inherent communication problems and inefficiency, the Court will rarely allow consecutive interpretation.

Responses: Parties responding to motions must provide all their responses, descriptively titled, in the supporting documents section in CourtMap once the hearing is scheduled.

Proposed orders submitted in CourtMap shall include a cover letter describing the action requested of the Court with sufficient case history regarding that motion and the Court’s prior ruling. Proposed orders will not include "proposed" in the title section and will very specifically and succinctly describe the content of the Order.

Do not use the term "ON" in the title, but instead indicate "GRANTING" or "DENYING."

Original Loan Documents: Must be delivered to the Clerk’s office prior to hearing. Please see the “Foreclosure” tab for specific instructions.

NO LOAN DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE SENT TO CHAMBERS.

Motions to Continue Trials: Motions for Continuances must comply with Fl. R. Civ. P. If there is an agreement between the parties, an agreed order and cover letter can be uploaded on CourtMap. The proposed order must include a proposed calendar and trial date. If the Court signs the order, the parties must contact the JA via E-mail to obtain a new trial order.

Daubert and Motions for Summary Judgment: Must be scheduled for hearing before the time of the calendar call and the hearing must occur prior to the first day of the trial period. Failure to timely schedule these motions shall result in the striking of the motions.

Motions for Disqualification: See attachment-  “Uniform Procedures For Serving Motions To Disqualify on the Judiciary”

THE COURT WILL NOT ACCEPT COMPETING ORDERS: Please see the “Proposed Orders” tab.

Court Reporter: Court reporters must announce the specific case for which they are present and rename themselves with their name and case information. Court reporters must show themselves on camera for the duration of the hearing so their connection remans confirmed.

Notices of Cancellation:  Hearings can be cancelled by parties by filing a Notice of Cancellation and sending a courtesy copy to the JA copying all parties.

EVIDENCE FOR ZOOM TRIALS: The parties must upload all exhibits to the e-portal, instructions on how to submit evidence can be found on the hearing documents section.

People without Attorneys, or pro se litigants are required to file documents through the e-filing portal: https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Florida-Courts-eFiling-Portal.

To confirm that your case made the Judicial Calendar visit the Clerk of Courts website: https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/ocs

• Resources for Pro-Se Litigants
• STANDING MANDATORY ORDER TO CONFER AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT
• UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR SERVING MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFY ON THE JUDICIARY
• Order Granting Withdrawal
• Order On Motion To Continue Trial
• INTERIM ORDER ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
• Zoom Evidence Procedures
• Special Set Request Hearing Form

• B.A., Rollins College, 1992
• J.D., Stetson University, Cum Laude, 1998
• Admitted to Florida Bar, 1998
• Federal Prosecutor, Statewide Prosecutor and State Prosecutor, 1998-2007

Judge	Section	Room	Telephone
Del Rio, Vivianne	CA 05	OSJC 19.261	305-349-7078
Dimitris, Jason Emilios	CA 21	OSJC 20.240	305-349-7074
Sanchez-Llorens, Migna	CA 31	OSJC 20.265	305-349-7122
Watson, T Robert	CA 08	OSJC 13.235	305-349-7024

Additional Instructions

Emergency Motions: Emergency Motions are to be submitted in CourtMAP along all relevant documents. In addition, attach a cover letter, as is required with all proposed orders.

Once you have submitted your emergency motion in CourtMAP, please also send a courtesy copy to JA -Hanh Nguyen at HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org and include ALL parties. 

Go to courtMAP Foreclosure Calendar Information

Type: Open

Notice Before Hearing: 5 Calendar Days

Files at Hearing: None

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Hearing Documents

• Request for Return Of Original Note/Mortgage

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Additional Instructions

Foreclosure matters will be heard on the Court’s motion calendar. Please schedule through CourtMap.

The moving party must give five business days notice.

Cancellations: File Notices of Cancellation through efiling and CourtMap and send a courtesy copy to the JA: HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org

 
Do not mail original note & mortgage to Chambers. 

The following items must be hand-delivered to the Courthouse or by Fed-Ex: 

1.Original note
2.Original mortgage
3. Notice of filing of both
4. Receipt for costs
5. Final disposition form completed

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HAND-DELIVERY OR BY FED-EX: 

Attention: Rodney Bruce, Supervisor of Civil Division, Osvaldo N. Soto Justice Center- 20 NW 1st Avenue, Suite 8.229, Miami, Florida 33128

For HAND-DELIVERY, all notes and mortgages may now be hand-delivered to Window #1 on the 6th Floor of the Osvaldo N. Soto Courthouse with ATTN TO: RODNEY BRUCE. 

For questions please call (305) 349-7509. 
The Court's Specialist will cancel the note after a judgment is signed.

Attorneys seeking to have original note returned should call (305) 349-7509 and review the Document: Request for Return Of Original Note/Mortgage. 

Go to courtMAP Motion Calendar Information

Type: Open

Notice Before Hearing: 3 Business Days

Files at Hearing: Electronic

Day	Time	Cap	From	To
Tuesday	9:30 AM	None	01/14/2025	Ongoing
Tuesday	10:00 AM	None	01/14/2025	Ongoing
Wednesday	10:00 AM	None	01/14/2025	Ongoing
Thursday	9:30 AM	None	01/14/2025	Ongoing
Thursday	10:00 AM	None	01/14/2025	Ongoing

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Additional Instructions

All hearings will be on Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 

(This is also our phone number to Chambers)

(No Password is necessary)

https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 

By phone: Call +1-786- 635-1003, type in Meeting ID 305-349-7074, followed by #.

Judicial Assistant- Hanh Nguyen:  HNguyen@Jud11.flcourts.org

Coordination of Hearings:  Hearings shall be “coordinated” with all counsel and unrepresented parties.

“Coordinated” means that the moving party offers a date upon service of the motion and all others respond within one (1) business day with agreement to the offered date or an alternate date(s) that is/are within a week of the offered date and on a date that the Court holds Motion Calendar.

Failure to “coordinate” entitles the moving party to set the motion for hearing on the offered date. 

Interpretation: Parties benefiting from interpretation must alert the Court's Judicial Assistant and Court Specialist in writing and at time hearing is set, that an interpreter will be present. That Party and interpreter will arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled hearing in order to set up interpretation. The Court staff will assist with setting up simultaneous interpretation via Zoom or the Party can choose to use a separate telephone to provide simultaneous interpretation. Due to inherent communication problems and inefficiency, the Court will rarely allow consecutive interpretation.

Amount of Motions: You may set up to three motions.

Responses: Parties responding to motions must provide all their responses, descriptively titled, in the supporting documents section in CourtMap once the hearing is scheduled.

Notices of Hearing: Although the movant and the parties listed on the service list at the time the hearing is set will receive an email from CourtMap indicating that an event has been created, a notice of hearing WILL NOT be generated.
The movant MUST e-file the notice of hearing via the e-portal system.
It is the responsibility of the scheduling party to provide the Zoom information to anyone not on the service list, including parties to be served via physical mail.

Cancellations: To cancel a motion, parties are required to:
1. Notify the Judicial Assistant via email including all parties
2. File a Notice of Cancellation (notice shall include the date/time of hearing, and Docket entry numbers of motions)
3. The moving party must then cancel the motion calendar hearing on CourtMap.
NO HEARING WILL BE CANCELLED VIA PHONE CALL.

Motion for Continuances must comply with Fl. R. Civ. P. 1.460.  If both sides agree on a Continuance of Trial, please submit an agreed order through CourtMap with new calendar and trial dates and send an email to the JA with a copy of the signed order to get a new order setting trial.

Responses: Any opposition to a filed Motion must be filed, served, uploaded to CourtMap and emailed to the parties, no later than five business days prior to the date of the hearing or the Court may simply grant the relief requested.

Motions to Dismiss: When setting a Motion to Dismiss for hearing, upload the Motion and the Complaint as supporting documents to the CourtMap hearing date. Failure to set the Motion to Dismiss for hearing can result in the Court striking the Motion and entering a default.

Organized electronic copies are preferred by this Court. No hard copies nor binders are necessary. 

To Calendar a case, schedule through CourtMap: 

https://cmap.jud11.flcourts.org/ebench/

The filed motion(s) and all documents in support must be attached when the hearing is scheduled. 

You must still prepare, file, and serve a Notice of Hearing to ALL PARTIES relevant to the case.

To confirm that your hearing is on calendar, please visit the clerk of the Courts' website at:
https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/ocs/search.aspx 

Go to courtMAP Hearing Documents

• Zoom- Evidence Procedures

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Additional Instructions

All non-jury and jury calendar call hearings will be held via Zoom.

Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 
Link: https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 

Calendar call is mandatory. Failure to appear at calendar call, may result in sanctions, including dismissal. Attorneys trying the case must be the ones attending the calendar call.

CASE SETTLED:  Submit the filed Notice of Settlement to the JA by email before Calendar Call. Cases will not be removed from the trial docket via phone.

Motion for Continuances must comply with Fl. R. Civ. P. 1.460. 

Evidence for Zoom Trials: The parties must upload all exhibits to the e-portal at least 5 business days before the hearing, instructions on how to submit evidence can be found on the hearing documents section.

Evidence for in-Person Trials: Do not file any exhibits. All parties must bring hard copies of their exhibits for trial. Exhibits need to be brought in on the 1st day. Each side will give the exhibits they want marked for identification to the clerk in order and organized (they can use a binder or folders). The clerk will then mark each exhibit:

Plaintiff's exhibits (evidence) are marked numerically: i.e.: Plaintiff's Exhibit #1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
Plaintiff's exhibits for identification are all marked with numeral "1" and then a letter - Plaintiff's 1-A for identification, Plaintiff's 1-B for I.D., etc.

Defendant's exhibits (evidence) are marked alphabetically: i.e.: Defendant’s Exhibit #A, B, C, D, etc.
Defendant's exhibits for identification are marked with the letter "A" and a numeral i.e.: Defendant's A-1 for identification, Defendant's A-2 for identification, etc.

It is highly recommended that counsels do not bring in double sided copies for their exhibits.

Go to courtMAP Hearing Documents

• Order Granting Withdrawal
• Order On Motion To Continue Trial

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Additional Instructions

Cover Letter Required with All Submissions:

If required to submit a Proposed/Agreed Order, include a cover letter indicating the Judge's ruling and when the hearing was held, and any other pertinent information.

All proposed orders submitted must reference the relevant Motions by either: 1) Filing date; or, 2) Docket Identification Number. 

THE COURT WILL NOT ACCEPT COMPETING ORDERS: The prevailing party will write the order including the Judge’s findings and submit it to the opposing party. The parties will meet and confer so the prevailing party can incorporate suggestions consistent with the Court’s ruling. The non- prevailing party shall provide a letter with requests for inclusion and provide it to the prevailing party who will submit this letter simultaneously with the prevailing party’s proposed order to the Court.

Before submitting a proposed order, the parties must meet and confer regarding the language in the order.

TIMEFRAME FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ORDERS:

Prevailing party shall submit a Proposed/Agreed Order within one business day of the hearing. The non-prevailing party may have additional time to review if requested, however, the prevailing side may submit their proposed order and cover letter advising the Court if there has been no response within one business day.

HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSED ORDERS:
Submit proposed Orders via CourtMap to "Proposed Orders" or to "Agreed Orders." 
Motion and all supporting documents, stipulation, and a letter of explanation must accompany every proposed order. 
All orders must be titled in the block marked "Generic Order - You must rename the Order Title.
Please include the JA's email in all Proposed or Agreed Orders submitted.

MISSING AN ORDER?

If you have not received an order on a hearing within three days of submitting the ''Proposed Order,' please email the JA.

Go to courtMAP Hearing Documents

• Evidence Procedures- ZOOM ONLY
• Special Set Request Hearing Form

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Additional Instructions

Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074 
Link: https://zoom.us/j/3053497074 
By phone: Call +1-786- 635-1003,  Meeting ID 305-349-7074, followed by #

JA, Hanh Nguyen: HNguyen@jud11.flcourts.org

To Schedule a Special Set Hearing: You must submit the following IN CourtMap:

1)  Special Set Hearing Request Form
2)  Attach the motions to be heard
3)  Attach any relevant documents including exhibits, affidavits, legal authority, etc.

If you need a hearing sooner than what is available on CourtMAP- please email the JA with all parties copied and all documents listed above. 

For hearings that require more than one hour: please email the JA. 

Interpretation: Parties benefiting from interpretation must alert the Court's Judicial Assistant and Court Specialist in writing and at time hearing is set, that an interpreter will be present. That Party and interpreter will arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled hearing in order to set up interpretation. The Court staff will assist with setting up simultaneous interpretation via Zoom or the Party can choose to use a separate telephone to provide simultaneous interpretation. Due to inherent communication problems and inefficiency, the Court will rarely allow consecutive interpretation.

Scheduling in CourtMap: Docket entry numbers are required along with the title of the motions to be set.
You must include the Zoom Meeting ID: 305 349 7074. 

Responses: Parties responding to motions must provide all their responses, descriptively titled, in the supporting documents section in CourtMap once the hearing is scheduled.

Notice of Hearing:
Although a Notice of Hearing is automatically generated, the hearing is not scheduled until you receive an email that specifically reflects the status as "Approved."
If approved, the court-generated Notice of Hearing will be automatically filed with the Clerk's Office.
It the moving party's responsibility to serve all parties with the notice generated by the Court, including parties to be served via physical mail.

Evidentiary Hearings: Evidentiary hearings must be specially set.
Do not set an evidentiary matter on the Court’s Motion Calendar. If your Special Set hearing is an evidentiary hearing, please indicate as such on the Special Set Request Form so that the Court can schedule the appearance of a clerk at the hearing. Exhibits must be uploaded to the eFiling Portal at least five days before the hearing (instructions on how to submit evidence is available in the hearing documents section). 

Supporting Documents: Responses and any other Supporting Documents must be timely uploaded via CourtMap to the appropriately scheduled hearing no later than five business days prior to the hearing date. All documents must be submitted electronically via CourtMap.

Cancellation Policy: Prepare the proposed Notice of Cancellation (NOC), specifying the reason for the cancellation, and upload it as a separate submission to the CourtMap hearing event; then you must email a copy of the notice to the JA and include all parties. If the hearing is cancelled, the NOC must be filed with the Clerk's Office. Do not efile the notice of cancellation until after the Court has reviewed and approved the cancellation.

Motions to Dismiss: When setting a Motion to Dismiss for hearing, you must upload the Motion and the Complaint as supporting documents to the CourtMap hearing date. 

DO NOT Submit Hard Copies or Binders to Chambers. The Court prefers well-organized concise electronic copies.

Go to courtMAP

Documents and forms this judge posts

• Resources for Pro-Se Litigants
• STANDING MANDATORY ORDER TO CONFER AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT
• UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR SERVING MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFY ON THE JUDICIARY
• Order Granting Withdrawal
• Order On Motion To Continue Trial
• INTERIM ORDER ON MOTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
• Zoom Evidence Procedures
• Special Set Request Hearing Form
• Request for Return Of Original Note/Mortgage
• Zoom- Evidence Procedures
• Order Granting Withdrawal
• Order On Motion To Continue Trial
• Evidence Procedures- ZOOM ONLY
• Special Set Request Hearing Form