N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 3.1

(A) Boundaries. The District has four divisions:

(1) the Pensacola Division includes Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton

Counties;

(2) the Panama City Division includes Jackson, Holmes, Washington, Bay,

Calhoun, and Gulf Counties;

(3) the Tallahassee Division includes Leon, Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin, Wakulla,

Jefferson, Taylor, and Madison Counties; and

(4) the Gainesville Division includes Alachua, Lafayette, Dixie, Gilchrist, and

Levy Counties.

(B) Place of Filing Original and Removed Cases. An original case must be filed in a

division in which venue would be proper if the division was a stand-alone district. A

removed case must be filed in the division that includes the county where the case

was pending in state court.

(C) Transfer; Place of Keeping a File. A case will remain pending in the division

where it was filed unless the Court enters an order transferring it. When there is a

physical file, the Clerk may keep it in a division that includes an assigned judge’s

principal office, even if the case is pending in another division. A physical file may

not be withdrawn from the Clerk’s office by anyone other than a judge or judge’s

employee.

(D) Place of Trial or Hearing. A trial or hearing will occur in the division where a case

is pending, unless the Court directs otherwise.