• All proposed orders must conform to the Court’s Guidelines for Preparing, Submitting and Serving Orders. The title of submitted orders should contain a description of the underlying motion, including the words “Ex Parte” or “Agreed” where applicable, and should also reflect the Court’s ruling on the motion.
• If a hearing was held on the motion, the text of the proposed order must include the date that the motion came before the Court.
• Pursuant to Local Rule 5005-1(G)(1)(c): “The prevailing party in a hearing or trial shall submit a proposed order, in the manner directed by the court, conforming to the decision of the court, not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day following the hearing or trial. At the time of submittal, unless otherwise directed by the court the proponent must provide a copy of the proposed order and any covering memo to all adverse parties unless the order conforms strictly to a local form. If a party fails to timely submit a proposed order, the court may dismiss the underlying matter for failure to prosecute or take other action. If the court requests or permits submittal of competing proposed orders each party submitting a proposed order shall provide a copy of the proposed order and any covering memo to all adverse parties no later than two business days following the last date set for submission to the court.” PLEASE NOTE that whenever Judge Olson directs the submission of a proposed order at the conclusion of a hearing without specifying a deadline, the default seven-day rule of Local Rule 5005-1(G)(1)(c) applies, even if the party directed to submit is not the prevailing party. In the event that competing orders are required, please see instructions for competing order submission below. Failure to timely submit proposed orders as directed may also result in an Order to Show Cause.
• Proposed orders in negative notice matters should not be submitted until the Certificate of No Response has been filed.
• Many proposed orders require that hearing or other dates be inserted. Please make every effort to ensure there are no blanks in orders to be filled in by the court. This may, for instance, require you to contact the courtroom deputy for hearing dates prior to submission of your proposed order.
• Failure of the prevailing party to timely submit a proposed order may result in the entry of an order denying the motion.
• DO NOT fax or e-mail proposed orders unless specifically asked to do so.

• Judge Olson has a strong preference that orders be submitted in PDF format via CM/ECF’s e-Order function.
• When using e-Orders, please be careful to submit your proposed orders under the correct header (e.g. Ex Parte, Agreed, Hearing Held, Negative Notice, etc.) and always link your proposed order to the original motion. Judge Olson will not sign and enter an improperly linked order.
• Please submit your order only once. Do not submit both a paper order and an e-Order on the same motion at the same time.
• DO NOT submit proposed orders as attachments to motions. On motions for relief from stay and some other matters, CM/ECF may prompt you to include your proposed order as an attachment to the motion. Comply with the CM/ECF prompt, but this does not relieve you of your obligation to separately upload the order using the “Order Upload” link under the “Bankruptcy” tab (or “Adversary” tab if your motion is within an adversary proceeding). Proposed orders attached to motions will not be signed. Only orders uploaded separately via eOrders will be considered for signature.
• DO NOT submit proposed orders until they are ripe for entry.

Agreed orders must be submitted at least two business days prior to a scheduled hearing. If agreed orders are submitted after the two-day cutoff, the matter may remain on the calendar and be dismissed for want of prosecution if counsel fails to appear. As a courtesy, please inform the Courtroom Deputy at 954-769-5774 when an agreed proposed order has been submitted. Your voicemail should include the case number, case name, docket entry of the pending motion/objection, date and time it is scheduled for hearing, and the date the agreed proposed order was submitted. If the agreed order has not been docketed by noon on the business day before the scheduled hearing, you should make a Courtcall reservation no later than 3:00 p.m. that day to ensure that your settlement is announced on the record and the matter is not dismissed for want of prosecution.

Competing orders may be submitted as directed by the Court or where opposing counsel disagree on a proposed order’s language. Competing orders should be submitted via e-mail in WordPerfect format to: JKO_chambers@flsb.uscourts.gov. The e-mail should identify why the parties found it necessary to submit competing orders. This address is strictly for competing orders and should not be used under any other circumstances unless specifically instructed to do so. As a courtesy, please contact the judicial assistant to confirm that your competing order e-mail has been received in chambers.

Orders granting motions to value HOA and Condo Associations liens should contain language indicating that the lien is not enforceable in personam against the Debtor. However, the lien remains on the property and is enforceable against subsequent owners.

Proposed orders granting lift-stay motions should generally not include Bankruptcy Rule 4001(a)(3) 14-day stay waiver language if the order concerns a parcel of real property. Including such language in a proposed lift-stay order concerning a parcel of real property will almost always result in a resubmit request and merely delay order entry. If your situation justifies a Rule 4001(a)(3) waiver, do not prosecute the motion on negative notice, but contact the Courtroom Deputy at 954-769-5774 to have the motion set for hearing. At the hearing, obtain explicit permission from Judge Olson to include the Rule 4001(a)(3) waiver language in the proposed order. If the lift-stay motion concerns “something that moves or eats” (e.g. a motor vehicle, jewelry, or livestock), Rule 4001(a)(3) waivers will generally be granted without explicit prior permission from Judge Olson.