RETURN LAND MANDATED BY FLC DEV FROM RAMP OP GND REFUELING PROC. FUEL REQUIRED WAS DEEMED INADEQUATE DURING CLB CHKLIST USE. NIGHT OP.

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DURING A QUICK TURNAROUND IN MIAMI; I WAS HELPING A COUPLE OF PAX INTO THE GATE AREA WHILE THE ACFT WAS BEING SVCED. THE FO WAS TO OVERSEE THE REFUELING; WHILE OBTAINING THE CLRNC AND FILLING OUT THE WT AND BAL. UPON RETURNING TO THE PLANE; WE PERFORMED A QUICK PRE-ENG START CHKLIST AND DEPARTED. APPROX 10 MINS AFTER DEP FROM MIA; I LOOKED UP AT THE FUEL GAUGES AND REALIZED WE NEVER GOT FUELED IN MIA; AND THAT WE HAD INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO GET TO OUR DEST. THEREFORE; WE RETURNED TO MIA TO REFUEL. I BELIEVE SOME OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INCIDENT WERE: FATIGUE AND RUSHING FOR TIME. I HAD WORKED 6 DAYS IN A ROW; HAD 1 DAY OFF; AND THIS WAS MY FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK. WE HAD ALREADY FLOWN 5 HRS THAT DAY; AND IT WAS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING. BOTH OF US WERE GETTING TIRED; AND THIS WAS TO BE OUR LAST ROUND TRIP OF THE NIGHT. WE WERE RUSHING TO GET THE FLT OUT ON TIME; SINCE THE SCHEDULED DEP TIME WAS 10 MINS AFTER WE HAD ARRIVED FROM THE PREVIOUS TRIP. DURING OUR RUSH; WE MUST HAVE MISSED AN ITEM ON THE PRESTART CHKLIST THAT WOULD HAVE TOLD US OUR FUEL STATE WAS BELOW THAT REQUIRED FOR DISPATCH. ALTHOUGH THE FUEL LEVEL WAS NEVER UNSAFE; AND WAS ENOUGH FOR OVER AN HR FLYING TIME; IT WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN US TO OUR DEST. IN SUMMARY; FATIGUE FROM A BUSY WORK SCHEDULE AND RUSHING DURING A QUICK TURNAROUND WERE THE PRIME CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 355481: ABOUT 1 HR BEHIND SCHEDULE; WE JUST LANDED AND OPS TOLD US TO HURRY UP; WE WERE ALMOST 1 HR LATE. WE SHUT DOWN THE ENGS AND WE SAW THE FUEL TRUCK STOPPING UNDER THE WING. AT THAT TIME; THE CAPT LEFT THE AIRPLANE TO DO HIS THINGS AND I STARTED WITH MY PAPERWORK (WT AND BAL AND CLRNC). I SAW THE FUEL TRUCK AND I SET THE DESIRED FUEL QUANTITY ON THE FUEL TOTALIZER. WHEN I WAS FINISHING MY PAPERWORK; ALL THE CREW MEMBERS GOT INTO THE AIRPLANE SAYING 'LET'S GO; HURRY UP; WE HAVE TO GO;' AND LIKE USUAL; I THOUGHT THE CAPT HAD THE FUEL RECEIPT AS USUAL AND LIKE I SAW THE FUEL TRUCK AND PERSONNEL; I ASSUMED WE WERE REFUELED. THE CAPT THOUGHT I HAD THE RECEIPT; BUT LOOKS LIKE NONE OF US HAD IT. LIKE EVERYBODY WAS PUSHING US; AND WE WERE TIRED AND LATE; WE MADE A BIG MISTAKE; WE RAN THE TURNAROUND CHKS REALLY FAST AND WE FAILED TO CHK THE FUEL GAUGES. WE BOTH THOUGHT WE HAD FUEL; BUT WE MADE 2 MISTAKES -- FIRST; NO COM. SECOND; WE ASSUMED WE HAD FUEL BECAUSE WE SAW EVERYTHING LIKE ALWAYS AND I SET THE FUEL TOTALIZER WITH NO FUEL ON BOARD; AND I DID IT WITHOUT CHKING IT BECAUSE OF THE HURRY. WITHOUT CHKING THE CHKLIST BECAUSE WE WERE IN A HURRY AND LIKE HE HAD DONE THAT HUNDREDS OF TIMES; HE STARTED THE ENGS WITHOUT ASKING FOR THE PROPER CHKLIST. WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CLB CHKS WE SAW THE GAUGES AND WE DECIDED TO GO BACK FOR MORE FUEL.