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Lee County judges warn Justice Center construction could force major case shifts, mass mailings
Summary
Judge Mike Fellows and other court representatives told the Lee County Commission that planned work at the Justice Center risks denying access to upstairs courtrooms, potentially forcing case relocations and notifying thousands of residents by mail unless the county secures a timely fix.
Judge Mike Fellows told the Lee County Commission on a recent October meeting that ongoing construction at the Justice Center could leave the courts with drastically reduced courtroom capacity and significant logistical burdens.
"If we had to just move around cases by November 1, we'd be talking about more than 4,000 people we'd need to notify by mail by November 1," Fellows said, urging the commission to address a timeline and access problem that he said could leave the county with "one and a half" usable courtrooms.
Fellows described two principal problems: an uncertain…
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