James S. Moody III
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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451 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge James S. Moody III across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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East Circuit (Plant City) — Divisions T, V, W (Administrative Judge)
Courtroom Plant City Crt 4
Tracie Wingate
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Plant City Courthouse, 301 N. Michigan Ave., Room #2011, Plant City, Florida 33563
Verified against Judge James S. Moody III's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
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Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.fljud13.org/Directory/Judges/Judge-Moody), 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 — 451 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 24 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 3, 2021–May 8, 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.
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East Circuit (Plant City) — Divisions T, V, W (Administrative Judge)current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Plant City Crt 4
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
WHITACRE v. RAGAN
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
KIMBERLY MARTIN vs CHARLES DEAN MARTIN
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Murillo v. Malphus, Estate of Wallace McDonald
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RA NU RA KHUTI AMEN BEY vs DARDEN RESTAURANTS
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NOEL VINCENT THOMAS vs ALABAMA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MAVIS V. RHINEHART VS ROBERT WADE
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Murillo v. Malphus, The Estate of Wallace McDonald
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SMYKOWSKI v. SMYKOWSKI
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANN ALLISON vs MEADOWOOD OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Saunders v. Smith
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Yadav v. Yadav
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HOMEWARD REAL ESTATE INC. vs HUSSIEN SHOUBAKI AND HANI SHOUBAKI
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY vs HILLSBOROUGH INSURANCE RECOVERY CENTER, LLC, A/ A/ O JOEL WOLF
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. vs BACK ON TRACK, L L C, A/A/O OPHELIA BAILEY
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
TRENT MIGUES VS JENNIFER MIGUES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STACEY PARKER VS JUSTIN PARKER
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY vs SHAZAM AUTO GLASS, LLC, A/ A/ O AMANDA STEPHENS
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Migues v. Migues
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALAN B. HALSEY, M. D., PARTNERS IN ALLERGY AND ASTHMA CARE, P. A. VS JUDY L. HOFFMAN
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
GASKINS v. BAHOUR
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Mathis v. Board of Trustees of the City of Plant City Safety Employees' Retirement System
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Oliver v. Mez
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
SILICON VALLEY TAMPA REIT, LLC vs J M HAYES INC. AND JAMES MICHAEL HAYES
Second District Court of Appeal · Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HAMMER v. THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - PC Denied
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