Laura Shearon Cruz
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Laura Shearon Cruz across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Family — Section FC 12
Courtroom CHC 2128
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Judge Laura Shearon Cruz's non-jury trials occur during a "trial week" towards the end of each month. Prior to the trial, approximately three weeks prior, Judge Laura Shearon Cruz will hold a "Calendar Call" for all cases scheduled for the trial week. Each case is given a certain date. Multiple trials may be given the same date in the event a case settles. Each case scheduled for non-jury trial will be placed on standby for 2 hours until the Judicial staff contacts you to advise if the hearing is moving forward.
Judge Laura Shearon Cruz may also schedule a non-jury trial outside the trial week if the calendar permits and the parties are available.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Third District Court of Appeal (Miami).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 971 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.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 19 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (December 20, 2023–May 20, 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.
Alberto Pinchassow v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 3, 2026
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Michael Grimace v. The State of Florida, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Alfredo Hernandez Capetillo v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Andrew D. Hall v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Juan Francisco Vega v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Sager v. State of Florida, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Damicela Iglesias Torralba v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
James Doyle v. State of Florida, et al.
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kim D. Clenney, et al. v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Hiraldo Valle v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Juan Francisco Vega v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Maykel Castillo v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Juan Francisco Vega v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Wilson Francois v. State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Juan Francisco Vega v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jorge Calle v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Juan Benito Rosales v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
Anthony Adams v. The State of Florida
Third District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
The State of Florida v. Daniel Arshadnia
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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