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Melinda Brown
County Judge · Broward County Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
County Judge · Broward County Court
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1,701 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Melinda Brown across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Criminal — Division MA
Courtroom WW5165
Stephanie Woodberry
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County Court Judge
Division(s) MA (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 373-669-451
Chambers WW5131, Courtroom WW5165
Central Judicial Complex
Verified 2026-08-03: the 17th's own division pages publish rosters and portraits but no biography prose. A court fact, not a harvest gap.
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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).
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17 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 1,701 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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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 11 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (August 8, 2012–September 12, 2024) 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.
ABIMBOLA ORUKOTAN vs OLUWAFEMI ORUKOTAN
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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County Criminal — Division MAcurrent
date not recorded — present · Courtroom WW5165
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1 verbatim requirement on continuances in MELINDA BROWN's division.
1 verbatim requirement on continuances.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery in MELINDA BROWN's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
2 verbatim requirements on exhibits in MELINDA BROWN's division.
2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
3 verbatim requirements on hearing time in MELINDA BROWN's division.
3 verbatim requirements on hearings.
11 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MELINDA BROWN's division.
12 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
ELENI MERGOUPIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SABRINA VILLALOBOS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE OF FLORIDA vs SAMUEL EMMANUEL
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RUBY LEE MCGRIFFCOLEBROOK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GONZALO VAZQUEZ PEREZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Warren Michael Atchison v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE RUIZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTWAN BROOKS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Benjamin L. Feast v. State
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
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