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Chief Judge · Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court
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320 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Diana Moreland across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Probate/Guardianship/Jimmy Ryce Act — Manatee County
Also: Chief Judge; Administrative Judge — Probate/Guardianship, Manatee
Effectiveeffective June 1, 2026
Circuit Probate/Guardianship/Jimmy Ryce Act — Manatee County · Chief Judge; Administrative Judge — Probate/Guardianship, Manatee (eff. 2026-06-01)
Circuit Probate/Guardianship/Jimmy Ryce Act. CHIEF JUDGE of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit per the court's published judicial assignments effective June 1, 2026 (Honorable Diana L. Moreland). Also Probate/Guardianship Administrative Judge — Manatee. ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE (effective June 1, 2026, per the court's published Judicial Assignments at https://jud12.flcourts.org/About/Judges): Chief Judge; Administrative Judge — Probate/Guardianship, Manatee. Also presides over CIVIL DIVISION R (Manatee and Sarasota Counties) and DeSoto County Civil Division R per AO 2026-05.4 — a circuit-wide civil division not shown on the printable telephone list. AO renders the name "Diana L. Moreland".
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 63 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 29, 2006–December 5, 2025) 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.
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Circuit Probate/Guardianship/Jimmy Ryce Act — Manatee Countycurrent
date not recorded — present
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Larry, In Re: Altermease Larry v. Larry
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERNEST S. MARSHALL VS DERRICK HADLEY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LINDSAY BETH SMITH VS NOLAND RANDOLPH MATTOCKS, I I I
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAMS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., ET AL. VS PAUL GRASSFIELD, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
MODESTO MAZARIEGOS vs LEAH MAZARIEGOS
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DR. ERDAG GOKNAR, PH.D. VS ESIN I. GOKNAR AND EREN U. GOKNAR,
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Weber v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Clark, III v. State of Florida
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS IN RE: INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT OF E. S.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NEMETH, NEMETH v. WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, LEHMAN X S TRUST E T C, et al
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAMS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
VIOLETTA GRASSFIELD, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE VS PAUL GRASSFIELD, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Delmer Smith v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): affirmed
MICHAEL ANTHONY LORUSSO vs JUSTIN CROWDER AND KIM CROWDER
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
PEDRO HERNANDEZ vs NICHOLAS HERNANDEZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SOPHEA DUTCH vs ADAM CECIL GRATZER
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PEDRO HERNANDEZ vs NICHOLAS HERNANDEZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VICTOR G. MERCADO vs LIUBOV S. MERCADO
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
WILLIAM BRUNGART vs JUDY LYNN PULLEN
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
UBS Financial Services, Inc. v. Saunders
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MICHAEL E. DEAN, ET AL. vs KAREN BOERSMA, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHERYL PAXTON vs CONRAD A. MURPHY
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN ALLEN LEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E. L. vs J. A. K.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SAMANTHA ANN MOYA PIERRELOUIS vs JOHNNY WAGNER PIERRELOUIS
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
CHARLES E. GITHLER, I I I, ET AL vs PHILIP GRANDE, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
GATOR BORING & TRENCHING, INC. vs WESTRA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Daniel Burns, Jr. v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida · Manatee County
ANDRES AVALOS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY vs BARBARA JEAN JOHNSTON, ESTATE OF: FRANKLIN JAMES JOHNSTON
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
VICTOR I. ROSENFELD & JOHANNA M. ROSENFELD vs RALPH F. GONZALEZ, M. D. & BRADENTON NEUROLOGY, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENTS vs T. D., ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILFREDO FELICIANO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Braxton v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
RASHANDA NATE SPATES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R.J. Reynolds Company v. Dion
Second District Court of Appeal · Sarasota County
DEONDRE EDWARDS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Soto v. McCulley Marine Services, Inc.
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Miley v. Nash
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Miley v. Nash
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Barfield v. School Board of Manatee County
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Hornfischer v. Manatee County Sheriff's Office
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Procacci v. Harllee
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
McCall v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Mosley v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Jaramillo v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Jackson v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
Mathis v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
McClough v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Manatee County
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