Frank Allman
Chief Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
Chief Judge · Second Judicial Circuit Court
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303 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Frank Allman across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Leon Family Division I; 35% of family cases
On this assignment since July 1, 2026
Leon County Courthouse, 301 S Monroe St 365-C, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Verified against Judge Frank Allman's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Merged 2026-08-02 with a duplicate record held as "Francis J. ""Frank"" Allman" (slug francis-j-frank-allman-2th), which carried no judge assignment. The circuit's own directory lists this judge as "Allman Frank, Chief Judge". The duplicate was unpublished, not deleted.
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 First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://2ndcircuit.leoncountyfl.gov/allman.php), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 303 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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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 81 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 20, 2016–July 27, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 81 are counted in the outcome census above.
Maurice Williams vs State of Florida
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First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Kenon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Simmons, Simmons v. Estate of William Edward Simmons
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Turney v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hicks v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Marquis D. Stokes vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Wallace v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Ford v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Craze v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pace v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Duplantis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Duplantis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Solmar Booty vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-Dispositive
E.I., Father of Z.K.I., Minor Child, v. Department of Children and Families,
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Roberts v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Parker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Parker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Everritt v. Wallace
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pafford v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Battles v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Passmore v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Richardson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Crumitie v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Reese v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Porter v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Harvin v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Dale E. Folsom v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Pumphrey, Jr. v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Eastpoint Roofing & Metal Sales, Inc., Robert C. James, and Daphne Evanoff v. Standing Seam Roofing, LLC, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Moore v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Paramore v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Byron Davonne McMath VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Burwell v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Troupe v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Baker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Parker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Harris v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Hudson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Allen v. Jackson's Auto Parts & Ace Hardware, Inc, Jackson, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gallon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Parker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bonilla v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Abell v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Franklin County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sanieca L Davis VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Moore v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kenon v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Theopholis Brinson VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Leon County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
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