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There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people. The Second District covers Pasco and Pinellas (6th judicial circuit); Hardee, Highlands, and Polk (10th judicial circuit); DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota (12th judicial circuit); and Hillsborough (13th judicial circuit).
Sam Gibbons Federal Courthouse, Tampa. The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (in case citations, M.D. Fla.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
Judges in county court preside over misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic offenses and civil disputes involving $30,000 or less. County court judges are elected to six-year terms and paid $172,015 ...
Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior; 31 Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore: Washington, D.C. 1968 2006–present 2021–present — G.W. Bush: 16 Circuit Judge Pauline Newman [d] [e] Washington, D.C. 1927 1984–present — — Reagan: 22 Circuit Judge Alan David Lourie: Washington, D.C. 1935 1990–present ...
Charles Terrance Canady (born June 22, 1954) is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008. He previously served as Chief Justice from 2010 to 2012 and from 2018 to 2022.
The Florida circuit courts are state courts and trial courts [1] of original jurisdiction for most controversies. In Florida, the circuit courts are one of four types of courts created by the Florida Constitution (the other three being the Florida Supreme Court, Florida district courts of appeal, and Florida county courts).
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is permanently scuttling a predictive policing program that was the subject of critical media investigations and a pending civil rights lawsuit alleging the ...
At the time, Florida was the second state to have district courts of appeal, as California had created its own district courts of appeal in 1904. However, in 1966, California dropped the word "district" from the names of the California Courts of Appeal , thus leaving Florida as the sole state with DCAs.