Paul L. Militello
County Judge · Sumter County Court
High confidence· verified July 25, 2026
County Judge · Sumter County Court
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873 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Paul L. Militello across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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County Judge — Sumter County
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From Judge Paul L. Militello's own profile page on the circuit's county judiciary index, verified 2026-07-25.
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 Fifth District Court of Appeal (Daytona Beach).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
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4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 873 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 18 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (July 2, 2018–April 11, 2025) 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.
KATRINA ANN HARRINGTON VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
last checked September 4, 2026
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Apex Roofing and Restoration, LLC A/A/O Michael Murphy and Rowena Murphy v. First Floridian Auto and Home Insurance Company
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
HAZEL MARIE GRANT VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CHRISTOPHER MOORE VS JUSTICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DARRYL SCOTT COULTER VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LINDA POWELL vs D&D VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION AND IRENE DEMMIE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JONATHAN MICHAEL WAYTE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK HERRIOTT REAMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
GORDON DANIEL KUJAVA vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK A. STROBEL AND RUSHELLANE B. STROBEL vs MARTIN R. ANTONIONO, KRISTIE W. ANTONIONO AND FREEDOM TITLE & ESCROW COMPANY, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NATRAM MEETOO vs AMERICANA HEATING AND AIR, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALICIA ANNE MARIE OFELT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANDRA WILSON vs DELORIS P. TATE
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Frances Annette Gonzalez v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
CHARLES SCHOSSLER, JR. AND CORAL BAUGHMAN A/K/A CORAL GIBSON VS KENNETH W. STRONG
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Jonathan Paul Cooper v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Michael Dale Koller v. State of Florida
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Wendi M. Shepman v. State
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Sumter County
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