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E. Bailey Browning, III
County Judge · Madison County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Madison County Court
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405 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge E. Bailey Browning, III across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Bailey Browning, III Admitted to the Florida Bar, 1995 County Judge: January 2013 – Present Judicial Assignments Madison County Court First Appearance County Criminal (misdemeanor) County Civil Small Claims Traffic Acting Circuit Judge Circuit Civil As assigned Family Court Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency Mental Health Guardianships and Probate Education Juris Doctor: Florida State University Tallahassee, FL. 1991 Bachelor of Science: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Published by the Madison County Court on this judge's own profile page and reproduced verbatim — BenchPath does not write or paraphrase judicial biographies. Read it on the court's site →
Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08: official page https://thirdcircuitfl.org/judges/judge-e-bailey-browning-iii/ live-verified to name this judge (sha256 6d00057d825763d7…). No clean biographical prose was extractable from the page (it served procedures/contact/referral text); roster facts render, narrative withheld.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 405 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 15 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 12, 2014–July 17, 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.
Tyrone Ivey vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
last checked September 3, 2026
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Simmons v. Comerford et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - PC Dismissed
C.D., Father of K.D., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Donald K. Joye vs Barry D. Joye; Luronda S. Joye; and Greater Southeastern Land Development, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; Columbia Bank, a Florida banking corporation, and Gary Sorensen; et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lemings v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
West v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
T.W., Mother of K.D., Minor Child v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Craig B. Nelson, as Personal Representative etc. vs Troy H. Register and David Brewer, etc. et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Columbia Bank vs Barry D. Joye, Luronda S. Joye, Greater etc. et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Janice Lynn Unwin, Former Wife vs John McClendon Carver, Former Husband
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Betty Caitlin Nicole Smith vs Zachary Taylor Daniel
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Jerome Blackshear vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Adam Baird vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jesus Perez-Zumeta vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jesus Perez-Zumeta vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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