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Gerald P. Hill, II
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
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317 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Gerald P. Hill, II across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Felony Sec F6 — Polk County
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Verified 2026-08-03: the 10th's own judges page publishes portrait galleries for 10 officers; this judge is not among them. The missing photo is a court fact, not a harvest gap.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 317 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 26 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 22, 2019–April 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.
C. O. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES AND OFFICE OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
last checked September 3, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Denied
RANDALL SCOTT MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
N. L. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
GLOBAL DISCOVERIES LTD. LLC vs STACY M. BUTTTERFIELD, AS CLERK OF COURT OF POLK COUNTY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PAULA KOSIK AND CHARLES HUANG vs RICK STRAWBRIDGE, INC., VINCENT F. STRAWBRIDGE, JR. AND STRAWBRIDGE SERVICES, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DORIS BEATY vs GUARDIANSHIP OF DONALD S. "PETE" BEATY, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAROLINE QUEELY vs JP MORGAN CHASE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES E. FOSTER, JR. VS VICKIE L. WATSON, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES EDWARD
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JEFFREY W. HOLTON v. JOY D. HOLTON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
YVONNE GREEN vs IN RE: ESTATE OF ELLA MAE GREEN
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
A MILESTONE, L L C vs A. K. BAHL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KAILLE RITTER, RODNEY RITTER AND JODI RITTER vs FRANK W. FUTCH AND LAVERNE H. FUTCH
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SHERMAN BALCH vs PARAMOUNT RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE GROUP, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DORIS BEATY vs GUARDIANSHIP OF DONALD S. "PETE" BEATY, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
SHELDON RAZIN, AND NOMINAL DEFENDANT/COUNTER-PLANTIFF A MILESTONE, LLC vs A. K. BAHL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRY MYERS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES MYERS vs JASON MYERS, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF GARY L. MYERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RACHEL LOVELL AND MISTY LOVELL vs SECURITY FIRST INSURANCE CO.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
A MILESTONE, LLC vs A. K. BAHL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REX YENTES AND ANN YENTES vs BOND & STEELE CLINIC, P. A.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERNIE BLAZEFF v. VLADIMIR OHAYON
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
K. P. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES & OFFICE OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
ROBERT MILLARD HAYES vs JOHN F. WENDELL, ESQ., ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRY SHIPMAN vs NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, ET AL.,
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DEANGELA B. WILLIAMS, ET AL vs POLK STATE COLLEGE
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
AVIS BUDGET GROUP, INC. AND NATASHA A. MCCOY vs VIRGINIA I. YOUNG, AS GUARDIAN OF DAVID L. YOUNG, COMBEE ENTERPRISES, INC. AND CURTIS MARTIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
ALICE BRUCE vs U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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