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Linda Melendez
County Judge · Miami-Dade County Court
High confidence· verified August 2, 2026
County Judge · Miami-Dade County Court
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971 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Linda Melendez across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Civil — Section SD 07 (South Dade)
Courtroom SDJC 2601
Edda Mabel Rivera
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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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 14 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (June 22, 2022–March 18, 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.
UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, VS MANUEL V. FEIJOO, M.D., AND MANUEL V. FEIJOO, M.D., P.A., A/A/O ERNESTO MORERA,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label):
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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County Civil — Section SD 07 (South Dade)current
date not recorded — present · Courtroom SDJC 2601
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MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., VS MANUEL V. FEIJOO, M.D., P.A., AND MANUEL V. FEIJOO, M.D., A/A/O MANTILLA ARIAS,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Affiliated Healthcare Centers, Inc., a/a/o Julio Paez v. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Pedro Lazaro Lau v. Nizalena Gonzalez
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
William Villarreal v. Lissette Hernandez
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
MARK J. FELDMAN AND MARK J. FELDMAN, P.A., VS MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
USAA Casualty Insurance Company v. Health Diagnostics of Fort Lauderdale, LLC, etc.
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Melvin Gonzalez Lopez v. Sonia Martinez Vega
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
STEVEN RAMOS, vs PATRICIA BASTOS, et al.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Noel Pantoja, Sr. v. Bethany Francis
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MERCURY INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA, VS PAN AM DIAGNOSTIC OF ORLANDO, a/a/o JOCELINE PIERRILUS,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOSHUA CITRON, vs H.G.C. AUTO COLLISION, INC.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, vs CHIROPRACTIC CLINICS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, PL, etc.,
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Pedro Lazaro Lau v. Nizalena Gonzalez
Third District Court of Appeal · Miami-Dade County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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Monitor: content changed at 11th Cir. Judicial Directory (relaunched tree; per-section Zoom on Judge-Details pages). Review before republishing dependent rules.
via 11th Cir. Judicial Directory (relaunched tree; per-section Zoom on Judge-Details pages)
Monitor: content changed at 6th Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco) — Judges Directory. Review before republishing dependent rules.
via 6th Circuit (Pinellas/Pasco) — Judges Directory
Monitor: content changed at 11th Cir. Judicial Directory (relaunched tree; per-section Zoom on Judge-Details pages). Review before republishing dependent rules.
via 11th Cir. Judicial Directory (relaunched tree; per-section Zoom on Judge-Details pages)