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Michael A. Usan
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court
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1,701 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Michael A. Usan across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Division FX
Courtroom NW7780
Debra Marshall
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Circuit Court Judge
Division(s) FX (controlling: AO 2026-21-GEN eff. 2026-07-01)
Zoom ID 962-2049-5954
Chambers NW7820, Courtroom NW7780
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.
Captured verbatim from the court's own published pages and orders during circuit verification. Chambers practices change without notice — confirm anything time-critical with the judicial assistant. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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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13 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.
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.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 101 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (November 23, 2011–July 2, 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. Showing the 50 most recent; all 101 are counted in the outcome census above.
Devilnear Tilghman v. State of Florida
last checked September 4, 2026
last checked September 4, 2026
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Circuit Criminal — Division FXcurrent
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1 verbatim requirement on discovery in MICHAEL A. USAN's division.
1 verbatim requirement on discovery.
2 verbatim requirements on divisional requirements in MICHAEL A. USAN's division.
Division FP procedures before Judge Michael A. Usan (Circuit Criminal (Felony FP), Broward). Verbatim requirements: scheduling, conferral, orders, appearance format.
4 verbatim requirements on hearing time in MICHAEL A. USAN's division.
4 verbatim requirements on hearings.
4 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MICHAEL A. USAN's division.
5 verbatim requirements on remote appearances.
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Trayvon Newsome v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
FRANKLIN MONTOYA VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Michael Boatwright v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BOBBY STANFILL VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Boatwright vs State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Michael Steven Trimble v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DARYL CUNNINGHAM VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Corshana Hatter v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
ERIC ABRAHAM VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
ANDRE VEIRA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jorge L. Morlas v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Franklin Montoya v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kaazim Daniel Campbell v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
JAMES GENTRY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RANDY GARLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WHATDLY PETIT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN DAVID POSTA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMAL RIVERA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dedrick Williams v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MITZI PAPILLON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL HARDY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LEONARD JENNINGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
KEVIN BAIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jermaine Henderson v. State of Florida
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
TIERRA TWITTY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RONALD BAKER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CORNELIUS NELSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MATTHEW LOVETT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT ROY HENION vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL REED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
STATE OF FLORIDA vs LOUIS BIANCULLI
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSE BERROCALES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
IBRAHEEM JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MUNTAZ MAJEED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ROBERT ROY HENION vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL A. QUINONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID BROWN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JIMMY K. BONEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALRICK BROWN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTIONE HASTIE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MIGUEL TIRADO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARD MILNER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GERARD M. NELSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TIMOTHY CASTELLANO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CORY DENNIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DOMINIC NATHANIEL DAVIS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
TEIAS PEATENLANE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MARCUS PITTMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
JAVAROUS DAWSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fourth District Court of Appeal · Broward County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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