Lourdes Casanova
County Judge · Palm Beach County Court
High confidence· verified September 17, 2026
County Judge · Palm Beach County Court
What applies in this courtroom
139 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 10 published by Judge Lourdes Casanova · 119 county-wide · 0 circuit-wide · 10 statewide — with 6 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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County Criminal — Divisions KK1/KD/RPO/K/DUSGB
Courtroom W-132
On this assignment since June 8, 2026
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth District Court of Appeal (West Palm Beach).
● LiveThat court's published bench (11): Alan O. Forst, Burton C. Conner, Caroline Shepherd, Cory J. Ciklin, Johnathan D. Lott, Jonathan D. Gerber, Mark W. Klingensmith, Melanie G. May, Robert M. Gross, Shannon K. Shaw, Spencer D. Levine
Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Provenance attributed 2026-08-08 by the BenchPath automated pass: the official page https://www.15thcircuit.com/judges/casanova was live-verified to name this judge (sha256 bed8dc64fc9aaaf3…). Roster listing only — roster facts render; no narrative bio composed.
10 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 139 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.
Judge Casanova's order spec: Times New Roman 12-point, double-spaced, all paragraph tabs/macros/columns stripped, and no blank date space — write "DONE and ORDERED in Palm Beach County, Florida."
4 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division KK1 on proposed orders & online scheduling.
Judge Casanova accepts defense courtesy copies of motions and proposed agreed orders by e-mail to the division — with the State always CC'd and originals filed with the Clerk.
2 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division KK1 on courtesy copies & hearing materials.
2 verbatim requirements published by Palm Beach Division KK1 on continuances & cancellations.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division KK1 on filing & notice deadlines.
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.
No verified ruling summary yet. BenchPath generates ruling summaries from opinion and docket corpora (CourtListener where covered) and publishes them only after human review — fabricated judicial analytics are exactly what this platform refuses to ship.
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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.
Becy Llaceny Moralessevia v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Carolina Walter-Hastings v. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Palm Beach County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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last checked October 24, 2026
last checked October 3, 2026
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County Criminal — Divisions KK1/KD/RPO/K/DUSGBcurrent
June 8, 2026 — present · Courtroom W-132
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Monitor: content changed at PBC County Court — Division KK1 Instructions (Judge Casanova). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at PBC County Court — Division KK1 Instructions (Judge Casanova). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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Monitor: content changed at 15th Circuit — Administrative Orders (faceted ledger). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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