Janet C. Thorpe
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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144 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Janet C. Thorpe across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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No current assignment on record.
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).
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 144 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 113 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 16, 2004–March 16, 2021) 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 113 are counted in the outcome census above.
JELITZA LINA RANGEL SOTO vs ESTATE OF ROYMAN JORGE PENUELA ROMERO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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No assignments on record.
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via 9th Circuit — Division 44 procedures (Judge Luis F. Calderon)
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PENELOPE JEAN JONES vs IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF WILLIAM EDWARD JONES, ADULT WARD AND TAMMY JONES HAYNES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
D.'URYYAH AJAMU vs KATINA WILLIAMS, AS PLENARY GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF WILLIE J. SLATER, WARD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
APRIL LEASTER, AS TRUSTEE IN RE: THE GUARDIANSHIP ANDREW J. LEASTER vs HOMER HARTAGE, AS GUARDIAN FOR ANDREW J. LEASTER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.R., MOTHER vs ELIZABETH ASHELY HEIDRICH, AS GUARDIAN OF J.A.R. AND S.H.R., CHILDREN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
D.R., MOTHER vs ELIZABETH ASHELY HEIDRICH, AS GUARDIAN OF S.H.R., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ANIL H. NAVANI, AS GRANTOR OF THE ZEN II TRUST DATED DECEMBER 4, 2012 vs DIVYA K. NAVANI, INDIVIDUALLY, AS FORMER TRUSTEE OF THE ZEN II TRUST DATED DECEMBER 4, 2012 AND AS TRUSTEE THE DDR IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED MAY 25, 2018, ZAHIR KANJI, INDIVIDUALLY, ET AL.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANK DARREN OLIVERIO vs IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF PATRICIA L. OLIVERIO, AND NANCY FITZPATRICK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE D. ORTIZ-TORRES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DANEAL J. IRONS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LAURA LUCKETT vs CYNTHIA NEAL, GUARDIAN OF M.N.N., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN SMITH, A NATURAL PERSON PROCEEDING UNDER A PSEUDONYM vs UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ELMER E. RICHARDS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY vs ALISON SWANSON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TOMMIE ANDREWS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Domino's Pizza v. Wiederhold
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Trugren Landcare v. Lacapra
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Wilkerson v. MV Transportation
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
HAGERTYSMITH, LLC vs TIMOTHY GERLANDER, CHRISTINE GERLANDER, KASHIF BATTLA, MARK PHANEUF AND ROSEANN PHANEUF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Mark Howarth v. DOC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Westgate v. Parr
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Thompson v. Avila
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Hagertysmith v. Gerlander
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Gonzalez v. Stoneybrook
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Dyal v. Dyal
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Hagertysmith v. Gerlander
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Restoration v. State Farm
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Terrance L. Anthony v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Mario Bellamy v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Darrius Williams v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
RICARDO ALBERTO GARCIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Amiri T. Lundy v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Ricardo A. Garcia v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARIO BELLAMY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Ricardo A. Garcia v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Deodat Bhoj v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Bobby L. Saviory v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Allihondra Moody v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. Scott A. Fureman
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
George C. Sneathen v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Marco Simplice v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Deol Narayan v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Charles L. Johnson v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
State v. Joel Thomas
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Patrick Silfran v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Jonathon Knight v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Donte Morgan v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
James Matthews v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Reginald Privette v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Allihondra Moody v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
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