County Judge · Pasco County Court
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410 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Kent Compton across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Civil & Criminal (Pasco)
Courtroom Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center
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Verified against Judge Kent Compton's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second District Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg).
● LiveThat court's published bench (15): Andrea Teves Smith, Anthony K. Black, Craig C. Villanti, Daniel H. Sleet, Edward C. LaRose, J. Andrew Atkinson, John Guard, Matthew C. Lucas, Morris Silberman, Nelly Khouzam, Patricia J. Kelly, Robert Morris, Stevan T. Northcutt, Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.jud6.org/judge/kent-compton/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 410 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 21 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 20, 2021–May 27, 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.
MICHAEL SMALL VS LAURIE KLAP
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
last checked September 3, 2026
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County Civil & Criminal (Pasco)current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MCADAMS v. BARTOLOTTA
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Gonzalez v. Epperson Ranch Build to Rent, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
OSMAN v. WHITBURN, LLC, NEWPORT PROPERTIES, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
OCNEL METELLUS VS STORM RESTORATION SERVICES, LLC, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
JOSEPH WASHINGTON, JR. vs U S F FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Glover v. TAH Florida, LLC, Tricon Residential
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SANDEEP SETHI VS CHAPEL PINES HOMEOWNERS ASSOC., INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GRACE OTTONE VS WILLIAMSON INVESTMENTS, LLC, D/B/A FLORIDA VILLAS MOBILE HOME PARK
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ELKINS v. PAC WIREGRASS RANCH, LLC, D/ B/ A HORIZON WIREGRASS RANCH
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GILLESPIE, GILLESPIE v. STAGECOACH PROPERTY OWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SANDEEP SETHI vs CHAPEL PINES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
18521 HTN TRUST, INC. AS TRUSTEE ONLY UNDER THE 19-6-4 LAND TRUST VS EMILIE B. VIEBRANZ-REACH, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - PC Denied
MATOS, NAFAA v. SREIT PASCO WOODS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Irizaary v. THR Florida, LP
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MCELROY v. SOLOMON
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CARLA CHASE vs LORNA ZERILLO
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANDEEP SETHI VS CHAPEL PINES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC.
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TREADWELL v. WC PROJECT OWNER, LLC, FLETCHER
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
ADNAN FAZLI vs MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN DOE N/K/A FERNANDO GALVAN AND JANE DOE N/K/A CHRISTINA MARTINEZ vs L. A 360 INVESTMENT LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Pasco County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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