Linda Melendez — County Civil SD 07

Linda Melendez

• Division: County Civil
• Section: SD 07
• Court Location: South Dade Justice Center
• Phone: (305) 234-1523
• Room: SDJC 2601
• Judicial Assistant: Edda Mabel Rivera
• Bailiff: Bismarck Ruiz

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                                               JUDGE LINDA MELENDEZ IMPORTANT COURT INFORMATION:

For updated Media Advisories and further information, please monitor the Court’s website, www.jud11.flcourts.org.

PRE-TRIAL CALENDARS:

• Pre-Trial Calendars are in person
• If you do not wish to proceed or have resolved the issue, please contact the Judge's Chambers to advise as to the cancellation.

EMERGENCY MOTIONS 

• Emergency Motions MUST BE filed with the Clerk’s Office. Please contact Judicial Assistant at (305) 234-1523 after submitting your Emergency Motion. The Judge will review the Emergency Motion and the Judicial Assistant will contact you with available hearing dates and times if appropriate.

• PLEASE SUBMIT ALL EMERGENCY MOTIONS VIA EFILING PORTAL OR COURTMAP AND CALL CHAMBERS TO CONFIRM RECEIPT.

• PLEASE NOTE that Motions for Continuance are NOT an emergency.

• The CourtMap webpage is located at:    https://www.jud11.flcourts.org/Programs-and-Services/Online-Services/CourtMap.

CLAIMS OF EXEMPTION:

• IF YOU HAVE FILED A CLAIM OF EXEMPTION CALL CHAMBERS TO CONFIRM RECEIPT.
  PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN SUBMITTING REQUESTS THROUGH COURTMAP, YOUR NOTICE OF APPEARANCE MUST BE CURRENT WITH THE CLERK OF COURT'S OFFICE IN ORDER TO VIEW THE CASE AND TO RECEIVE COURTMAP COMMUNICATION. 

MOTION CALENDAR:

• ALL MOTION MUST TAKE ONLY 5 MINUTES OF HEARING TIME.

• Motion Calendar days:  Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM

• All motions and notices of hearing must be uploaded to the eFiling System no later than five (5) business days before the scheduled hearing.

• Setting parties must notify all parties of interest and confirm their attendance. Also zoom instructions must be sent by the setting party.

• Notices of cancellation shall be email to the Judicial Assistant-Edda Mabel Rivera- at: Erivera@jud11.flcourts.org and the Bailiff-Bismark Ruiz- at: Bruiz@jud11.flcourts.org prior to the scheduled hearing or trial. Counsel shall also call the JA at (305) 234-1523 to confirm the cancellation.

All motions and notices of hearing must be uploaded to the eFiling System no later than five (5) business days before the scheduled hearing. 

TRIAL SETTINGS 

Counsel must call the chambers regarding all motions to continue trial or strike trial dates even if agreed. The judge will review the motion and the JA will notify counsel of the Court’s determination.

CASE STATUS

To check on the status of case, please log on to: http://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/civil/Search.aspx

PROPOSED ORDERS:

Proposed orders must be submitted via CourtMap

SPECIAL SETS:

• Special set days are Mondays and Wednesdays in the afternoon commencing at 1:30 PM. You may set motions directly on the Judge’s calendar.  For Attorneys Fees Motions please call the Judicial Assistant to set.

• SETTING PARTIES MUST NOTIFY ALL PARTIES OF INTEREST OF THE SPECIAL SET HEARING AND CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE. ALSO ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS MUST BE SENT BY THE SETTING PARTY.  

• DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS SUCH AS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO DISMISS AND OTHER MOTIONS WHERE LEGAL AUTHORITIES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COURT INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  IN MATTERS LISTED ABOVE, WHERE THE PARTIES INTEND TO PRESENT TO THE COURT MEMORANDA, LEGAL AUTHORITIES, DISCOVERY OR OTHER MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION, THOSE MATERIALS, ALONG WITH THE MOTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN HARD COPY TO THE COURT AT LEAST 2 WEEKS  PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED HEARING. THIS INCLUDES COPIES OF THE CASES, NOT JUST CITATIONS. PLEASE SEND THE MATERIALS VIA USPS, FEDEX OR UPS TO THE SOUTH DADE JUSTICE CENTER, ATTENTION: JUDGE MELENDEZ.

• PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT THE JUDGE'S CHAMBERS WHEN THE ABOVE HAS BEEN DROPPED OFF TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS RECEIVED BY THE JUDGE. 

MEDIATIONS:  ALL mediations will be scheduled by the Judicial Assistant.