Valerie R. Manno Schurr — Circuit Civil CA 25

Valerie R. Manno Schurr

• Division: Circuit Civil
• Section: CA 25
• Court Location: Osvaldo N. Soto Miami-Dade Justice Center
• Phone: (305) 349-7020
• Room: OSJC 23.265
• Judicial Assistant: Danijela Garcia

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PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL JUDICIAL ASSISTANT OR JUDGE FOR ANY INQUIRIES as the email will not be responded.

PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAMBERS AT 305-349-7020 FOR ALL INQUIRIES. LEAVE A VOICE MAIL IF THE JA IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE CALL WILL BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. THANK YOU.

Judicial Assistant does not schedule hearings via email. The emails will not be replied to.

CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES - Agreed Order on motion for extension for case management deadlines may be uploaded to CourtMap. New deadlines must be included as the Court does not issue new case management order. 

ALL CALENDAR CALLS WILL GO FORWARD BY ZOOM PLATFORM. Zoom ID can be found on CourtMap (will be generated week before) for Jury Trials and CourtMap email sends one for Non-Jury Trials week before the calendar call. 

If you have upcoming trial and your case settle, please file and upload a filed copy of the Notice of Settlement to the Calendar Call or scheduled trial in CourtMap.

TRIALS - Any party seeking a continuance of the trial MUST file a Motion for Continuance at least 2 weeks prior to the calendar call AND SCHEDULE IT FOR HEARING to be heard prior to the Calendar Call (contact the chambers if there is no motion calendar date available prior to the calendar call, do not schedule it after the calendar call). Should the unavailability be for part of the trial docket, Motion for Continuance MUST be filed for the whole trial period as the partial continuance is not permitted. The parties must be available during all trial period as stated in the trial order. Client's consent MUST be filed with the Motion to Continue trial, pursuant to the Florida Rule of Civil Procedure.

THE COURT WILL NOT ENTERTAIN ANY MOTIONS TO CONTINUE TRIAL AT THE CALENDAR CALL. The only exception to the rule will be for valid emergency motions. Notice of Unavailability of Notice of Conflict is not sufficient to continue trial. Motion to Continue MUST be filed.

ZOOM ID IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERY EVENT and it can be found in CourtMap. For Motion Calendar and Foreclosure Calendar the zoom ID is available immediately after the hearing is scheduled therefore, please include the information in the Notice of Hearing (notice of hearing should be filed and uploaded to CourtMap after the hearing is scheduled).

IN PERSON NON-JURY TRIAL EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE FILED. 

Please see Special Setsicon regarding a RULE on scheduling Motion for Summary Judgment. 

ZOOM EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS INCLUDING ZOOM NON-JURY TRIALS EXHIBITS SUBMISSION:   At least five (5) business days prior to evidentiary hearing or non-jury trial (Civil or Foreclosure), all exhibits should be pre-marked for identification and shall include an index listing all proposed exhibits with the exhibit numbers or letters and filed as evidence submissions via portal. The proposed pre-marked exhibits should clearly list the submitting party. The must be filed individually (one by one) as evidence submission. NOTICE OF FILING IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE CLERK. 

ALL MOTIONS FOR REHEARING/RECONSIDERATION MUST BE REVIEWED BY THE COURT. DO NOT SCHEDULE FOR HEARING. MOTION FOR REHEARING/RECONSIDERATION MUST BE FILED AND SERVED ON THE JUDGE VIA REGULAR US MAIL AND BY CONTACTING THE CHAMBERS AT 305-349-7020, AS SOON AS MOTION APPEARS ON THE DOCKET (leaving a message is sufficient).

ALL MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFYARE TO BE SERVED ON THE COURT BY UPLOADING SAME TO EMERGENCY TASK IN COURTMAP AND BY EMAIL TO JUDGE MANNO SCHURR (vmannoschurr@jud11.flcourts.org - this email address is for Motion to Disqualify ONLY, do not use Judge's email for any other inquiries) with a copy to all parties. 

• Memo RE: Introduction of Evidence for Remote Evidentiary Hearings
• Evidentiary Hearings - Evidence Procedure
• Case Management Report
• Case Management Order
• Administrative Order No. 21-09 regarding Case Management Procedures
• Supreme Court Administrative Order 20-23 - Amendment 10
• Administrative Memorandum RE: Service of Motions to Disqualify
• Civil Writ of Bodily Attachment
• Order Granting Motion to Withdraw

Judge	Section	Room	Telephone
Arzola, Antonio	CA 24	OSJC 21.236	305-349-7069
Lopez, R Peter	CA 10, CA 46	OSJC 20.266	305-349-7049
Trawick, E Daryl	CA 07, AP 02	OSCJ 23.266	305-349-7278

Additional Instructions

**Emergency Motions must be uploaded to CourtMAP once e-filed and must attach correspondence as supporting document indicating that opposing counsel has been notified in an attempt to resolve the matter in an amicable manner.**

* Proposed Order must be uploaded (separate, under proposed orders task) and call the chambers immediately. Please note that certain orders will not be signed without hearing. If you reach our voice mail box please leave a message with the case number and best telephone number and we will call you back. 

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL EMERGENCY MOTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE JUDGE OR JUDICIAL ASSISTANT.  

Please DO NOTcontact alternate Judges regarding your emergency during regular business hours. Judge Manno Schurr handles ALL of her emergencies even if out of the office. 

Parties MUSTbe available to argue the emergency motion immediately should the Court determine the motion is an emergency. 

* Once the Court reviews the emergency motion, the parties will receive no-reply CourtMap email or the phone call with the instructions.

Go to courtMAP Foreclosure Calendar Information

Type: Closed

Notice Before Hearing: 5 Calendar Days

Files at Hearing: None

Day	Time	Cap	From	To
Wednesday	9:00 AM	None	06/03/2026	Ongoing

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Additional Instructions

*Conducted on Wednesday’s at 9:00 AM It is reserved for ONLY for foreclosure, condominium or quiet title cases. No foreclosure cases are to be set on the regular motion calendar. They WILL be cancelled. 

*Must give 5 Business Days’ Notice unless it is emergency.

*Motion must be filed with the Clerk’s and all supporting documents for the hearing must be uploaded on CourtMap.

* All Final Judgments are to be uploaded to CourtMap after the hearing is conducted. Please do not upload any orders or final judgments prior to the hearing.

* Notes and Mortgages MUST be mailed to the Chambers AFTER the hearing is conducted. Please DO NOT mail in the original documents before the hearing.

*Please coordinate with opposing counsel for a hearing date.  Do not set a matter without coordinating. If you are unable to coordinate contact the chambers for assistance. 

Plaintiff's Motion to Cancel/Reschedule Foreclosure Sale does not have to be scheduled for hearing, an order can be uploaded to CourtMap (upload under Agreed Order icon so it can be signed as soon as possible)

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Type: Closed

Notice Before Hearing: 7 Business Days

Files at Hearing: None

Day	Time	Cap	From	To
Tuesday	9:00 AM	30	01/23/2018	Ongoing
Wednesday	9:15 AM	20	06/03/2026	Ongoing

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Additional Instructions

All Motion Calendar hearings are conducted via zoom platform. ZOOM ID is available in the CourtMap after the hearing/event is scheduled. Every event has different ZOOM ID. Please include the zoom information in the Notice of Hearing and upload it to the CourtMap after the event is created. Do NOT file a Notice of Hearing without ZOOM ID information included.

Foreclosure calendar held on Wednesday's at 9:15 AM is for Foreclosure and Condominium cases ONLY. 

Please do not call the chambers to obtain hearing dates unless it's time sensitive.

Please DO NOT email the Judicial Assistant unless instructed. Contact the chambers at 305-349-7020 for all questions and instructions, if you reach the voice mail, please leave a message and we will get back to you. Thank you. 

* Motion Calendar is conducted on Tuesday's at 9:00 AM and Wednesday's at 9:15 A.M.

When Notice of Cancellation is filed there is no need to contact the chambers to advise of cancellation, please cancel your motion via CourtMap.

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ORDERS PRIOR TO THE HEARING BEING CONDUCTED.

Status conferences are placed on the regular motion calendar. Motion must be filed stating what issues will be discussed.

* Foreclosure Calendar is conducted on Wednesday's at 9:00 A.M. and it is a different entry. All foreclosure cases MUST be placed on said calendar ONLY.

* Must give 5 Business Days’ Notice, please do not schedule any hearings less than five days before, except the Foreclosure cases and emergency motions.

* Parties must coordinate with one another prior to scheduling. If unable to coordinate for more than a full week you may unilaterally schedule the hearing and Notice of Hearing MUST say that the hearing was unilaterally scheduled and the reason why.
* Do not request or set a motion that has not been filed.

*Motion Calendar is only for motions that will only take a maximum/total of 5 minutes to hear. Any hearings that will take more than 5 minutes may be taken off calendar. 

*Motion's and Supporting Documents MUST be uploaded to CourtMap immediately, otherwise your motion WILL NOT be heard.

Total of 2 Motions are permitted to be scheduled for the same date (both must be coordinated, and each motion has be scheduled as separate entry).

* NO ADD ON'S ARE PERMITTED without Court's approval. Contact the chambers if you need to schedule second motion and there is no space, and we will try to accommodate the request. ADD ON MUST be coordinated.

*When you are setting the objections please file as supporting document the Motion you are objecting too and all documents needed for the Judge to prepare and use at the hearing. Up to two objections ONLY can be set on the motion calendar, if you have more than two you MUST place it on special set. The same applies to the Motions to Compel Better Answers. Any Motion that will take more than 5 minutes WILL be taken off the calendar by the Judge.

* Motion's to Dismiss Complaint must have the Complaint attached as supporting document.

*You may set the maximum of two motions per calendar with two separate entry's and not as an add on.

 *In addition to filing motion with the clerk, you must upload Motion and Notice

  to CourtMap.

*Refrain from submitting Binders to Chambers (unless directed by the Court); 

To check if you scheduled your case on the court's calendar, please visit the clerk of the Courts' website at:

https://www2.miami-dadeclerk.com/ocs/search.aspx   and check by the case number, you can also look at the CourtMap under case hearings or the CourtMap. 

MOTIONS TO CANCEL FORECLOSURE SALES:

All motions and notice of hearings (ONLY FOR MOTIONS TO CANCEL FORECLOSURE SALES) must be e-filed at least 3 business days before the scheduled hearing.  There are no emergencies.  Please do not wait until the last minute as you have known well in advance of the impending sale date. Plaintiff may submit an Order Cancelling Foreclosure Sale via CourtMap and the motion does not need to be scheduled for hearing.

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Motions in Limine will be heard on the first day of the Jury Trial.

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* ALL CASES MUST GO TO MEDIATION BEFORE THE TRIAL DATE.

Please schedule the Trial via CourtMap (under Calendar Call). Coordination is required. 

No need to schedule a hearing for the Judge to schedule the Trial.

All Jury Trials will go forward in person. EXHIBITS ARE NOT TO BE UPLOADED.

All Non-Jury Trials will go forward by zoom unless requested in person. If is to occur by zoom exhibits are to be uploaded 5 days prior to the trial (please see the clerk's memo).

All Calendar Calls are conducted via Zoom. 

IMPORTANT - Notice of Unavailability or Notice of Conflict is not sufficient to continue trials. Appropriate Motion for Continuance with consent must be filed timely and scheduled for Hearing prior to the calendar call on the motion calendar held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (contact the chambers at 305-349-7020, if there are no motion calendar dates before the calendar call and JA will schedule for first Tuesday or Wednesday available).

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Please file ALL proposed Orders via courtMAP under Proposed Orders.

DO NOT SEND AN ORDER PRIOR TO YOUR HEARING.

DO NOT mail any Orders to Chambers. DO NOT EMAIL any Orders and/or supporting documents to Chamber

ALL proposed Orders MUST be submitted in WORD format on the courtMAP pre-generated blank Order form and must be accompanied with a motion and supporting documents or a correspondence.
ALL proposed Orders MUST be titled in the block marked “Generic Order – You must rename the Order Title”

*When submitting your proposed/agreed order, the title of the order must be typed in the title box provided by courtMAP, NOT in the body of the proposed/agreed order.  

*If you are submitting an AGREED order, please select the AGREED order option; otherwise, the order will not be titled "Agreed".

*NOTE: courtMAP automatically adds the case style, order title, judge's signature block and the done and ordered language to the order.  

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Please do not call the chambers to obtain special set hearing dates.

Available dates are posted in CourtMap and updated as they become available. You may check daily. Should you have a Calendar Call coming up and Motion for Summary Judgment pending with no available specials set dates please be advised that the Court will entertain the Motion for Summary Judgment on the first day of the trial. 

IMPORTANT - When scheduling Motion for Summary Judgment, the moving party must certify in writing that ALL relevant discovery has been completed. The certification (simple pleading) must be filed via portal and filed copy attached as supporting document when scheduling the hearing in CourtMap. Without certification the Court will NOT schedule (approve) a summary judgment motion for hearing. (This policy has been implemented by the Court due to multiple last minute cancelations of hearings due to incomplete discovery.)

All Hearings noticed as zoom will be heard via zoom platform. ZOOM INVITE will be created in CourtMap a week prior to the hearing. If the opposing side is pro se, an Amended Notice of Hearing must be filed to reflect the zoom ID.

CourtMap generates the Notice of Hearing which is NOTsufficient, moving party MUST file their own Notice of Hearing.

Special Set hearing is not permitted to be cancelled by only filing Notice of Cancellation with the following exceptions: the case settles, agreed order resolving a motion is submitted or motion is withdrawn.

Should the hearing require rescheduling, Motion to Continue MUST be filled and if there is an agreement, agreed order may be uploaded otherwise, it must be scheduled for hearing.

Should the case settle please upload filed Notice of Settlement to CourtMap.

Please DO NOT email the Judicial Assistant or Judge unless instructed. Judicial Assistant DOES NOT schedule via email.

Contact the chambers at 305-349-7020 for questions and instructions, if you reach the voice mail, please leave a message and we will get back to you. Thank you. 

Prior to Setting a Special Set, the requesting party must ensure the motion
  has been filed with the Clerk's office.  Do not set a special set hearing for a motion that has not been filed. 

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ORDERS PRIOR TO THE HEARING. 

*When setting, DO NOT leave time gaps PLEASE, if you do so your request will be rejected!

ALL EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS MUST BE NOTICED BY THE MOVING PARTY AS EVIDENTIARY HEARING. They are set on our special set calendar.  Also, please see the memorandum regarding evidence submission for the zoom evidentiary hearings as the ALL evidence MUST be uploaded separately at least 5 days prior to the hearing. ZOOM hearings ONLY.

*Upload the motion and attachments via CourtMap event (no binders or hard copies to be mailed to the chambers unless instructed) when scheduling the hearing.  Also, ensure that ALL other supporting documents have been uploaded to CourtMap "As Soon As Possible" 

****If you have an issue of not seeing your event on the CourtMap, the Court CANNOT help you with the issue. Contact the CourtMap directly or try to find it via event by case. The Court does not accept supporting documents via email whatsoever.

*Adding a motion to a hearing which has already been set must be
  Agreed to by the opposing party AND JA contacted with the understanding that the Court
  WILL NOT add any more time for the hearing which has already been provided.  

*The moving party MUST COORDINATE a date and time with the opposing party.  DO NOT SCHEDULE your special set hearing without confirmation from the opposing party and/or to simply attempt to hold a time slot. Should the opposing party not answer within 5 business days you may contact the chambers for further instructions. 

*  All responses and replies must be uploaded to court event (CourtMap) 7 days prior to the hearing.
  Documents that’s are received past the deadline might not be accepted.

****** If you need to cancel or reset a special set hearing, please submit a motion and proposed order through CourtMAP, you are not permitted to automatically cancel or reset a special set hearing unless notice of settlement, agreed order resolving a motion or notice of withdrawal of the motion is filed in advance via CourtMap and with a clerk of the courts.  

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Documents and forms this judge posts

• Memo RE: Introduction of Evidence for Remote Evidentiary Hearings
• Evidentiary Hearings - Evidence Procedure
• Case Management Report
• Case Management Order
• Administrative Order No. 21-09 regarding Case Management Procedures
• Supreme Court Administrative Order 20-23 - Amendment 10
• Administrative Memorandum RE: Service of Motions to Disqualify
• Civil Writ of Bodily Attachment
• Order Granting Motion to Withdraw