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John D.W. Beamer
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
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545 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge John D.W. Beamer across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division 2/33 (Orange)
Judicial Assignment: 2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Civil; 2026 Circuit Judge, Orange County Criminal; 2023-2025 Circuit Judge, Osceola County Circuit Criminal, Juvenile Delinquency and Jimmy Ryce Act; 2020-2022 Circuit Judge, Orange County Domestic Relations — Education: Juris Doctor: Barry University Law School; Bachelor of Arts: Austin Peay State University — Professional Activities: Member, Florida Bar; Member, Federalist Society; Former Member, Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Former Member, Defense Research Institute; Mock Trial Coach, Barry University School of Law 2008 – 2015
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Orange County Courthouse
Hearing room 800.01
Published forms & procedures: Division 33 Pre-trial Checklist; Guidelines and Procedures
Verified against Judge John D.W. Beamer's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
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 Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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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://ninthcircuit.org/judges/circuit/john-dw-beamer), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 545 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 35 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 30, 2021–August 4, 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.
PHILLIP ROY KIRKLAND v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
last checked September 3, 2026
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Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JUSTIN TYLER LAIRD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARCO LAROSA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ALEX ANTONIO OLIVENCIA-ALVARADO v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD VINCENT SLATER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVID JAMES DONAHUE ALAYON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TYRONE S. DILL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
AMANDA MANDEE LOPEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD C. MOORE vs SALLY R. MOORE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
VALENTINA FERNANDEZ vs JORGE A. TORRA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY BEDNARZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHAWN PAVOLKO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANTUAN JMAL DAVIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FEDERICO GONDOLA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHERI LYNNE MELCHIONE vs TIMOTHY TEMPLE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Non-dispositive
CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JASON EDWARD RAY VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
NATLYN NEWTON VS HERRINGTON AUGUSTIN
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JESUS R. HERNANDEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DE'JAVAR C. DAVIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRIEUNA ASHANTI CAMERON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MIGUEL ANGEL CORDERO VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TIMOTHY TEMPLE vs CHERI LYNNE MELCHIONE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KALA MITCHELL v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM HOWARD WARREN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RICHARD C. MOORE vs SALLY R. MOORE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHANTELE LANETTE MONTOVER VS PAUL MONTOVER
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHANNON L. WENDT VS GREGORY F. WENDT
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL JEFFERY FOUTS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GILBERTO ABREU VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
QUINTAVIS JAQUAN WILSON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
MARIA ARGENTINE v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JAMES ENRIQUEZ vs ASHLEY VELAZQUEZ
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RAUL RODOLFO ROMERO-NICANOR v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Osceola County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHERI LYNNE MELCHIONE vs TIMOTHY TEMPLE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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