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Cary F. Rada
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Cary F. Rada across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lake County
From Judge Cary F. Rada's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 5th's own county judiciary pages render name-only rosters with no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Adrian G. Soud, Brian D. Lambert, Eric J. Eisnaugle, F. Rand Wallis, Harvey L. Jay, James A. Edwards, Joe Boatwright, John M. Harris, John MacIver, Paige Kilbane, Scott Makar
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Enriched from live circuit5.org profile + controlling assignment order (independently fetched and sha256-hashed 2026-07-20; 5th Circuit arbitrated upgrade).
4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 45 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 6, 2021–August 6, 2026) that name this judge as the lower-tribunal judge — the courts’ own disposition labels, counted verbatim. This is a census of the appellate record we hold, not a complete case history, an affirmance rate, or a performance rating.
Florida appellate and Supreme Court opinions naming this judge as the lower-tribunal judge, taken verbatim from each court’s official slip opinion (source-hashed). Descriptive record, not a rating.
William Devaugh Calloway v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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C.R., MOTHER OF A.J.C., K.G.C., A.R.R.R., AND W.I.L.R., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jeremy K. Harrison v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
H.S., MOTHER OF C.G., H.E., AND L.S., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anna Juravin v. PSR Developers, LLLP, Bella Collina Property Owner's Association, Inc., The Club at Bella Collina, LLC, and Don K. Juravin
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
John D. Souter, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
J.K., FATHER OF S.K., N.K., AND L.S.K., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Tyrone Warren v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Jermaine Lerone Greene v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Miguel Mendoza Ortiz v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jeffrey M. Kerina, M.D. v. National Surgery Center Holdings and TLC ASC, LLC, d/b/a TLC Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy Barrett, Sr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James Lewis Hodge, III v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.C., A CHILD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROY O. HUNTER vs MELISSA PIMENTEL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON CARBERRY, CO-GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON, RUSTIN CARBERRY, WARD VS MYA ROBINSON, CO-GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON, RUSTIN CARBERRY, WARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jermaine Greene v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
D.A., FATHER OF J.A., J.A. AND J.A., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
S.B., Mother of K.P., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jose Luis Santiago De Jesus v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER R. DOUGLAS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Margaret Lehman v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
S.B., MOTHER OF B.M., B.B., B.N., AND B.N., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Christopher R. Douglas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-Dispositive
Christopher R. Douglas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Irwin Hicks, Jr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ASHLEY MARIE TAYLOR vs MYKEL KEITH SILER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
T.F., MOTHER OF T.F. AND J.N., CHILDREN VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy Barrett, Sr. v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kenlin A. Bougouneau v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jermaine Lerone Greene v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Craig Shapiro v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.N., FATHER OF J.N., JR., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MOISES RANGEL vs AMBER RANGEL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
HOWARD D. LESLIE A/K/A HOWARD DEAN LESLIE A/K/A HOWARD LESLIE AND ROWENA MARIE GRAY LESLIE A/K/A ROWENA M. GRAY LESLIE A/K/A ROWENA LESLIE A/K/A ROWENA MARIE GRAY-LESLIE A/K/A ROWENA M. GRAY-LESLIE vs U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016-SC6 TITLE TRUST, CLERK OF THE COURT OF LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, LAKES & SPRING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ANTHONY FISHER, ET AL
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Wagoner, Estate of Richard G. Taylor v. Taylor
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
NESTOR ALFARAS vs SPRING VALLEY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES S. HOLCOMB vs ISABELLE H. HOLCOMB
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Andre Remon Brodus v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALBERTO HERRERA vs ASHLEY HERRERA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christopher R. Douglas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Daniel Hare v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dayzha Duncan v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Christopher R. Douglas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Joseph Brian Summers v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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