Fred Koberlein Jr.
Circuit Judge · Third Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Third Judicial Circuit Court
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405 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Admitted to Bar: 2004 Circuit Judge: 2022-Present University of Florida, 1997 Juris Doctor, University of Florida, 2003 Mailing Address 173 NE Hernando Avenue Suite 256 Lake City, FL 32055 Phone: 386-758-2147 Fax: 386-758-2151
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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-fred/ live-verified to name this judge (sha256 2a0dc5fb48792407…). 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 39 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 21, 2005–August 5, 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.
McVey v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 3, 2026
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Howard v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Rivera v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Douglas v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Armstead v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
D & DWA Lake City, LLC d/b/a Hitone Fitness v. D.R. Nickelson & Co., Inc., and Shannon Powers
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Stanley v. Reid, Sheriff
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jackson v. Dixon
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Armstead v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Anderson v. City of Jasper, Florida Department of Corrections, et al
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
National Assisted Living Risk Retention Group v. Bishop, Estate of Henry Walton Bishop Jr., et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Armstead v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Selena McVey v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
J.C. and C.C., in the matter of the termination of parental rights for the proposed adoption of a minor child: K.S.R.C-S v. D.S.
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, D.O.C, and State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Davis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Newton v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
State of Florida, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Simmons
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Benny Boyd Mooney v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Howe v. Dixon
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Paris v. Fultz
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thomas v. Thomas
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Thomas v. Thomas
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Helmholtz v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Robinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Schauer v. Mitchell
First District Court of Appeal · Suwannee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Alberto Ruiz v. Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Hamilton County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Bolds v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Troy Lee Jackson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
W. W. FATHER OF N. S. a child vs Guardian Ad Litem Program and Dept. of Children etc
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Calvin Moody vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A. S. , Mother of J. A., Minor Child vs Department of Children and Families et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Columbia County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Allen Smith vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Patrick Carson vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Taylor County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DUKE FREDERICK CRANFORD, v. A.M. CASTNER; KENNETH S. TUCKER, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, C & S SECURITY, INC.; UNKNOWN PRESIDENT OF C&S SECURITY, INC.; UNKNOWN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) OF C&S SECURITY INC.; UNKNOWN PRODUCT SAFETY MANAGER OF C&S SECURITY INC.; UNKNOWN CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF C&S SECURITY, INC.; UNKNOWN BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER OF C&S SECURITY, INC.; ALL OTHER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS OF C&S SECURITY, INC.
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
SUBAQUEOUS SERVICES, INC., v. TIMOTHY CORBIN
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
MICHAEL E. GRAY v. ADAMS GRADING AND TRUCKING, INC. and JOHN M. BLOODSWORTH
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
ZERRON McDANIEL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Madison County
JOHN BARLEY v. YELLOW JACKET MARINA, INC., TIM PALETTI, AND MARK PALETTI
First District Court of Appeal · Dixie County
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