John McGowan
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge John McGowan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Published forms & procedures: Judge McGowan's Felony Office Procedures; Judge McGowan's Probate and Guardianship Procedures; Final Discharge Checklist; Order Granting Motion to Withdraw
Verified against Judge John McGowan's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Collier Criminal 50% Probate 25% Mental Health Court 100% Veterans Court 100% UFC/Civil DV set (Rule 2.545) 50%
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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://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=mcgowan), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge. 4 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 811 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.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 19 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (March 6, 2020–July 7, 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.
SARAH LEE BLANCHETTE F/K/A SARAH LEE COX vs JARRETT THOMAS COX
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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CHRIS THOMAS CHRISTENSEN vs SANDRA MARIE CHRISTENSEN
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DYLAN STRAUB vs ALEXANDRA ELISSA LANDERT
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EARL EDGEBERT SMART vs ANNMICHAEL P. SMART
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GEORGEANNE ROMEO vs THOMAS E. ROMEO
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
VIRGINIA S. CHAMBERS vs LAWRENCE P. CHAMBERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EARNEST OLIVER RODGERS vs ANDREA LOUISE RODGERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EVENA CHARLES GLEVIS vs JEAN RONALD GLEVIS
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
LISSETTE CASANOVA REEVES vs JASON ROBERT REEVES
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSHUA HOLLAND VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LINDELL MCFADDEN v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ANIBAL LOPEZ-SANCHEZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BELAFONTE LOPEZ ROSIER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MADEL JULIEN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GARY WAYNE RADFORD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ELYSSA A. STREET vs DAVID A. STREET, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RANDY STODGEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FATIN STEPHENSON vs ANDREW STEPHENSON
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHARLYN ALICE WEINRICH vs RICHARD ROGER WEINRICH
Second District Court of Appeal · Collier County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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