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Patricia A. Doherty
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
Senior Judge · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
What applies in this courtroom
144 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Patricia A. Doherty across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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No current assignment on record.
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).
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 144 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 27 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (February 18, 2013–April 16, 2021) 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.
T.A.S. AND M.A.S. vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES , GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND J.R. AND J.R.,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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No assignments on record.
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via 9th Circuit — Division 44 procedures (Judge Luis F. Calderon)
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via 9th Circuit — Division 44 procedures (Judge Luis F. Calderon)
J.G., MOTHER OF H.G.A., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M.H., MOTHER OF A.H. AND H.H., JR., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.S., MOTHER OF R.W., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND T.W., FATHER OF R.W., A CHILD
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.N. vs I.G.C.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
H.H., FATHER OF A.H. AND H.H., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
S.B., MOTHER OF K.S., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.O., MOTHER OF A.H., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.O., MOTHER OF A.H., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
K.G., FATHER OF T.G., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
H.R., FATHER OF M.R. AND S.R., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
C.A., MOTHER OF D.M., A.M., I.M., AND J.M., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.M., FATHER OF J.M. AND J.M., CHILDREN vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND C.M., MOTHER OF J.M. AND J.M., CHILDREN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J.J., MOTHER OF A.K., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TYMILLER D. NEWTON vs DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE O/B/O TANICIA P. OLIVER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
E.K., FATHER OF A.K., A CHILD vs DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SYLVANA HOWE vs JACOB HOWE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Knight News v. UCF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Womens' Care v. A.G. and P.G.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Knight News v. UCF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Tower Hill v. Speck
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Bodiford v. Rollins
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Vazquez v. Martinez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Bermuda v. Bank of America
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Crespo v. Hernandez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Anthony Williams v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
Thomas Cramer v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Orange County
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