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Circuit Judge · First Judicial Circuit Court
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579 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge John Brown across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Division 4
Verified against Judge John Brown's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Okaloosa County Courthouse Annex Extension, 1940 Lewis Turner Boulevard, Suite 3-439 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
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Verified 2026-08-02: this circuit publishes NO judge portraits. The 1st's Sanity CMS judge documents carry no image field at all (38 checked via the content API), and the 12th's Judges page serves only a logo, an email-signature graphic and an Adobe button. The missing photo is a court fact, not a harvest gap.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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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.firstjudicialcircuit.org/legal-professionals/judges/john-brown/), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 579 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 305 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 5, 2009–July 22, 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 305 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
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Dion Latwon Wingate vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Emerald Grande West Condominium Association, Inc. vs William S. Abrams, II, Whaler Investment, LLC, Dollar Family, LLC No. 3, Geoffrey C. Mielenz, Jeanette M. Mielenz, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Bill E. Ferguson, Former Husband vs Tina R. Ferguson, Former Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Lauren Michelle Myres vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dominic Dimitre Dyett vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Michael Craig Banks vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed as Modified
Joe Fernandez vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Arkansas Federal Credit Union v. Edwards, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Thomasson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jenkins v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Reed v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Timothy Chavers v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rodgers v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael James Eatonahkis a/k/a Michael James vs Heather Thomas
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
State of Florida v. Rush
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Rodriguez-Barnes v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Charles Patrick Coons VS Douglas Henderson
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Dominique Latrell Gray VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Lewis v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Patrick J. Araguel, III VS Lesley Ladon Bryan, and Darrin Francis, as Curator of the Estate of Jane Kaigler Araguel
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Watson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pointe Mezzanine, LLC, Pointe Resort, LLC v. Earley
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Scott v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Patrick J. Araguel, III VS Leslie Ladon Bryan, Darrin Francis, as Emergency Temporary Guardian of Jane Kaigler Araguel,
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Setterberg v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
VSC Aircraft Maintenance, LLC, Destin Flight Works v. Destin Aviation Maintenance, LLC, Cutts
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Lee v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
James E. Pugh and Heather H. Pugh v. Mary W. Johnson, an individual, and James F. Johnson, an individual
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Austin T. Jessup VS Tiffany Werner
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Malone v. Malone
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Bay Loop Land Company, Inc., Walton Properties and Construction, Inc., George R. Smith a/k/a VS Jay Odom, Freeport 860, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, S.O. Investments Freeport, L.L.C.,
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Wright v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Keli Nivens v. Melissa Schofield, Meredith Allred, Richard Nivens, and Community Bank of Mississippi
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pugh, Pugh v. Martin, Jeanne S. Martin Trust Dated March 5, 2001
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Nicholas J. Kostelny and Julianne L. Kostelny v. Bluewater Bay Resort, LLC, and Europco Management Co. of America, LLC
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Robinson v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jennifer Bivins (f/n/a Jennifer Barsky) vs Aran Nelske (f/n/a Aran Nelson)
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Carissa Parker v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Timothy John Regan v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Mott v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Clark's Barber Lounge, LLC, Clark v. Destin Health and Fitness, LLC
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Christina Curtis, Mother vs Cody Curtis, Father
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Thorne v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cleere v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cook v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Parish Cardelro Henry VS State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Amber Nicole Doukas, Mother vs William M. Doukas, Father
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Coleman v. State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Czaban v. The Bank of New York, The Bank of New York Mellon
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sunrise Beach Service, LC, and H&T Capital, LLC v. Silver Shells Property Owners Association, Inc. and Silver Shells Owners Club, LLC
First District Court of Appeal · Okaloosa County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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