Nicholas Thompson
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Circuit Judge · Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court
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811 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Nicholas Thompson across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Judge — Lee County
Lee County Justice Center, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Verified against Judge Nicholas Thompson's own court profile page, 2026-07-24.
Division (official profile, verified 2026-07-19): Lee Criminal F 25%
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth District Court of Appeal (Lakeland).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Profile upgraded 2026-07-24: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://www.ca.cjis20.org/About-The-Court/jud_profile.aspx?judge=thompson), confirmed to name them before extraction. The court publishes no biography paragraph for this judge.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 100 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 18, 2012–July 21, 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 100 are counted in the outcome census above.
TAQUAN RAMEL BROWN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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IVAN JOSEPH DALA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ERIC CALHOUN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
EUGENE BOLLIGER vs BARBARA FRIES
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RYAN CHARLES MORALES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
MICHAEL GERARD WENCE VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
JERMAINE OTIS DAMPIER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RANDY L. BAILEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
ANDREW MIKLAVCIC VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL JOSEPH MC VETY vs TERRI LYNN MC VETY
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
BRANDI VANESSA HURD VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MICHAEL WAYNE GORMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEREMIAH ISAAC vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
BRIAN MICHAEL GLOVER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER GLOSTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
JAMES LULLO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JASON BARUCH BRIGHT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
LORENZO GENE DUKES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH FRANCIS MAININI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH KINDRED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JUSTIN D. DIGGS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEOVANNI HECHAVARRIA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN HENRY HENNESSEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TERRANCE VAUGHN SMITHERMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RAFAEL A. CARRION vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DAVID GAPHOOR vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM BALLINGER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KENNETH LEE ARCHER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CHRISTOPHER D. WARD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CHEYENNE MARRON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RICKY TOLBERT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARTIN MEJIA - HERNANDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CURTIS BERNARD THORNTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAFAEL A. CARRION vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ENRIQUE REYNOSO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EARL FREDERIC ZIESMER, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY STRONG vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARCUS TYRONE BELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAHRELL VHANTICE NEAL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
EDWARD J DIAZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LEO L. SEED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FRANCISCO RESENDIZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
PETER VALENTINE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MELVIN CASTELLON v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
BENJAMIN MICHAEL MCFARLAND vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY STRONG VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EDWARD J DIAZ VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KEVIN JEROME BLACK v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
LEO LLOWLYN SEED vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANIBAL MORALES VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Lee County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
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