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Donna M. Goerner
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Donna M. Goerner across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Civil — Seminole County
Education: University of Florida, AA Degree, 1990; University of Florida, B.S., Major: Finance, 1992; University of Florida College of Law, JD, 1995; Stanton College Preparatory School, High School Diploma with Honors, 1989; Judicial History; Elected Circuit Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, August 2020 and Sworn in on January 5, 2021; Juvenile Division, January 2021-July 2022; Juvenile Administrative Judge, July 2021-July 2022; Criminal Division, July 2022-July2024; Justice Administrative Commission Administrative Judge, July 2022-July 2024; Civil Division, July 2024-present; Co-Administrative Judge; Organizations, Committees, and Commissions; Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, 2012 - present
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Seminole Civil Courthouse, , Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Goerner's Policies and Procedures Manual
Verified against Judge Donna M. Goerner's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division G — Civil (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01; Division G runs through 2027-06-30 per order)
Seminole Civil Courthouse, Sanford
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/donna-m-goerner-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 38 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 23, 2021–July 31, 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.
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Anthony Amos Laltoo v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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TOHAD FRANCIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERIC MELENDEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
YVONNE MICHAUD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JIMMIE R. JENNINGS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AUSTIN JAMES OWENS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Steiner v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Y.C., MOTHER OF T.K., J.K., AND J.T., A CHILD VS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ERIC MELENDEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JOHN ALEXIS CAPELLAN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Stanley Cookston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rachel Fryer v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy Thomas v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ROXROY M. ALLICOCK VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EDWARD BERNARD SHAW VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.N., MOTHER OF N.C., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES AULENTI, INDIVIDUALLY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE CALABRO FAMILY TRUST, AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE GLENN L. CALABRO IRREVOCABLE TRUST vs EILEEN CALABRO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF GLENN L. CALABRO, AND BRITTANY ROSE CALABRO KEPPELER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICHARD B. GREEN AND RAYMOND M. GREEN vs MARGARET GREEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF QUENTIN L. GREEN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
O.S., FATHER OF C.E., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A.V.C., FATHER OF A.C., A CHILD vs C.C., MOTHER OF A.C., A CHILD AND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Francisco Molina Negron v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Moises Samuel Velazquez v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GUMERSINDO REYES II VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Willie Taylor v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gumersindo Reyes, II v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bernard Pew v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Donald M. Berg v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Dequan M. Jones v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Stephen Seamon v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ron Alston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Ron Alston v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bonnie Cesare v. Circle K Stores, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D'Von Darren Antonios Armstrong v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sanford Airport Authority v. Orlando Sanford International, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gumersindo Reyes II v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Joseph Andrew Diaz v. Marqui Longwood, LLC, and Mitch Marqui
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-Dispositive
Dennis Vann v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
B and J Universal, LLC, ATM Flooring Services, Incorporated, FLS Coast Corporation f/k/a Earth Flooring Corporation, Franco Flooring Corporation, and Floors N Tile, LLC v. Just Floors, Incorporated, A and B Floor Covering Solutions, LLC, DOA Tile Flooring, LLC, ECJ Construction, Incorporated, Erik Judson Tile, LLC, GS Sunshine Flooring, LLC, Manieri Flooring, LLC, and Schluter Systems, LP
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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