Circuit Judge · Fifth Judicial Circuit Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Jason J. Nimeth across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lake County
Parties requesting a hearing shall send an e-mail request to Audrey Hatcher as hearings are not scheduled by telephone. The e-mail should be copied to all other parties in the action and include the case number, county where the case is pending, the name of the motion to be heard, and the total length of time requested. You will then receive a list of available dates and times for the hearing. Only upon each party’s agreement to a specific date and time should you send an e-mail to Ms. Hatcher confirming the selection of a date and time. Hearing times are set on a first come, first served basis. The coordinating party must provide the Court with a courtesy copy of the Notice of Hearing to finalize the hearing selection.
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From Judge Jason J. Nimeth's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
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 Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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8 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 21 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 7, 2022–July 9, 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.
JEFFREY I. MILLER VS CAROL SCHRAMER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
last checked September 3, 2026
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K.J.H., A CHILD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
COREY DUSTIN MONGIOVI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
William J. Poirier, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Maria M. Mosher v. The Villages Senior Housing I OPCO, LLC, et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DONDI DELICATE VS JONATHAN A. DELICATE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JAMES EARLEY VS STATE OF FLORIDA AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.D., Mother of M.M., A.M., A.M., and K.M., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
K.S., Mother of M.T., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PHILLIP C. DOZIER AND JENNIFER E. DOZIER VS DAVID R. SCRUGGS AND JANNA P. SCRUGGS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rajiv Ramakrishnan v. Erika Ramakrishnan
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
P.D., Mother of W.E.S., III, J.E.S., and I.Q.V., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Department of Children and Families and Guardian ad Litem v. S.M., Father of D.P., A Child
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Department of Children and Families and Guardian ad Litem v. K.W., and D.G., Parents of A.W., A.G., and D.G., Children
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Pospiech Contracting, Inc. v. Floral City Water Association, Inc.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
A.B., a Child v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NOLAND'S ROOFING, INC. A/A/O DONALD GRANT VS SAFE HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Department of Children and Families and the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office v. C.R., Mother of J.C.J., J.D.M., W.C.L.C., W.D.L., and Z.C., Children and W.C., Father of W.C.L.C. and Z.C., Children
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Jennifer Jabo v. Jose Vazquez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Citrus County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
C.R., Mother of J.M., W.C., W.L., and Z.C., Children v. Department of Children and Families
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Lake County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EGM Marketing, Inc., D/B/A Anchor's Away Cruises and Tours v. Albrecht
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James R. Guenther v. Cow Hammock, LLC, et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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