James F. Stewart
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge James F. Stewart across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Published forms & procedures: Judge Stewart's Civil Office Procedures; Judge Stewart's PreTrial Conference Order; Judge Stewart's Guidelines for Submission of Orders; 1.13 - Third Amended AO - Establishment and Implementation of Civil Case Management Plan (2/17/
Verified against Judge James F. Stewart's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Collier UFC/Juvenile Dependency 100% Juvenile Delinquency 100% Truancy Court 100% Crossover per Rule 12.003 Fla. Fam. L.R.P.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Carrie Ann Wozniak, Dan Traver, Jared E. Smith, John K. Stargel, Joshua A. Mize, Joshua E. Pratt, Keith F. White, Mary Alice Nardella, Paetra T. Brownlee, Rachel B. Kamoutsas, Roger K. Gannam
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=stewart), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 4 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 811 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.
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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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.
URSULA ANN LANGLEY v. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2004-1
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SAFARI COLLECTION, LTD. v. ALISON SHERMAN, SANFORD RUBIN, and INTREPID EXPEDITIONS, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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NATALIIA SOLOID, YURUI SOLOID, ARSENII SOLOID, and ILARIA SOLOID v. TEDD KING and BRENDAN KING
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Per Curiam Opinion
RUSSELL REED, KAREN REED, and NAPLES BAY PROPERTIES, LLC v. AMIL KAJY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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