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James D. Sloan
Senior Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Senior Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge James D. Sloan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Senior Judge — Lee County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Verified against Judge James D. Sloan's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=sloan), 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 — 811 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 118 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 13, 2011–June 23, 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 118 are counted in the outcome census above.
G. R. V. VS J. C. C.
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Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID R. EDMONDS vs RACHEL EDMONDS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RONALD LOOKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD THOMAS STEVENS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FRANKLIN GUERRERO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JOE MCCRAY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALVIN VIANI FREEMAN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOHNNY CISNERO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUAN ENRIQUE MELENDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA PENTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS RAMIRO JIMENEZ
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA VS GABRIEL TREVINO
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CURTIS LEE MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
JOSHUA PENTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GUARIONEX MERCADO NIEVES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAVIER VILLARREAL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ROXANA ALFONSO VS ANGEL QUINDEMIL AND TERESA QUINDEMIL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARTAVISTUS LYNDREL WARE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Glades County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TERRENCE THOMAS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAFAEL GONZALEZ SANTIAGO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CURTIS LEE MOORE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
AVERSIS CONCEPCION AND RAMON ERNESTO VS NISBET ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELICEO HERNANDEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JERMAINE FEAGIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
BRUTUS NED, III VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTONIO JESUS SANCHEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AARON R. IVY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAFAEL ALFREDO MONTEJO LUNA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JESUS ANTONIO RAMOS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHAN STUCKI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM CARROLL MEREDITH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEFFREY DOLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Glades County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
GREGORY JAMAIN COLEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT STARKWEATHER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAUL GIL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EUGENE JOHNSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRETT SWAFORD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRY L. LOGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BENNIE BROOKS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE FARM FLORIDA INSURANCE COMPANY vs ORLINDA GONZALEZ AND HARMODIO DIAZ
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JERRY L. LOGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CURTIS D. FRANKLIN, SR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARLTON LARUE RUSH vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERRY L. LOGAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAMON LEON PEWO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES EDWARD THICKLIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KOTY LEWIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Glades County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ - OLIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JAMES D. MC CANTS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Hendry County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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