Senior Judge · Eighth Judicial Circuit Court
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69 verified requirements govern practice before Judge Phyllis M. Rosier across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Senior judge — on assignment as needed
On this assignment since March 30, 2026
Senior judge named on the live circuit8.org senior-judges directory (verified 2026-07-24) but with NO individual profile link — contact details UNVERIFIED. No current assignment in AO 9.03 (v2026-2).
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 First District Court of Appeal (Tallahassee).
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Jurisdiction per § 35.043, Fla. Stat. (six-district alignment eff. Jan. 1, 2023).
Official portrait attached 2026-08-03 from the court's own page (https://circuit8.org/courts-judges/senior-judges/), name-on-page verified in raw HTML (no lazyload on this site — census confirmed). Prior no-photo state stemmed from the July bad-bio-link cleanup.
This tab lists judge-and-division rules only, and this judge's division publishes its practice at the county, circuit, and statewide layers instead — 69 verified requirements still govern this courtroom. The Full Premium Report assembles every one of them, cited.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 53 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (April 4, 2007–June 5, 2023) 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 53 are counted in the outcome census above.
Kalisha Eagle vs Jennifer A. Sullivan
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
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Lofton, et al v. Clemons
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
W. H., father of G.H., I.H., E.H., E.H., O.H., minor children v. Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Union County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Kalisha Eagle vs Jennifer A. Sullivan
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
D.H., Mother of G.H., I.H., E.H., E.H., O.H., Minor Children vs Department of Children and Families
First District Court of Appeal · Union County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Torey Ponds vs State of Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Michael Wilson vs Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Anthony C. Manning vs Julie L. Jones, Secretary, etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Aaron H. Holley vs Bradford County Sheriff's Department
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
A. R. vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Germaine R. Ruddick vs Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
April Michelle Moore vs Roy Daniel Morgan,
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Fidel Perez Goni vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KAREN COLEY-CANNON AND Kathy Daughtry vs State of Florida Department etc. et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Leon J. Nicely, Jr. vs John Palmer, as Warden of Florida State Prison
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M. T. G., JR., A CHILD vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Charlie Lee Denmark vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
G. D. , a Child vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Christopher L. Barnes,III vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Sandra Bergmann, as Personal, etc. vs Florida Department of Transportation, etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Matthew J. Traylor, former husband vs Victoria O. Traylor, former wife
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Dwayne A. McGee vs Florida Department of Correction, et al.
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Consumer Rights, LLC vs Bradford County, Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Samantha Grover vs Bradford County Sheriff's Office
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Eric A. Welch vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Jennifer Kish vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Helen Earnest vs Rhonda Shay Crosby, individually, etc.
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Desert Palace, Inc. vs Robert G. Wiley
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
Charles Skolnick vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Roderick V. Haygood vs State of Florida
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RODERICK V. HAYGOOD, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
JASON RYAN PERRY, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
GARY P. VAN LOOVEN, JR., HUSBAND, v. LESLIE A. VAN LOOVEN, WIFE
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
JASON RYAN PERRY, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
EDWIN KEVIN WALKER, Former Husband, v. BRENDA D. WALKER, Former Wife
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
CORRY JEROD PRESTON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
FRANCIS M. JOHNS, v. JUSTIN A. JOHNS
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
JOSHUA LEON BUTLER, v. WALER A. McNEIL, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
RICHARD C. MIZE, HUSBAND,
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
JOHNNY RICHENDOLLAR, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
WALTER N. SMITH, v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
LOUIS ROBENSON, v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
TAVARIS SENTELL DONALDSON, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, o/b/o TAMMY J. BAKER, v. HARVEY BAKER
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
JOSEPH EDWARD TETREAULT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
MAX FENELON, v. WALTER A. MCNEIL, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
RODERICK V. HAYGOOD, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
N. B., MOTHER OF D. B., A Child, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
First District Court of Appeal · Bradford County
RASHEED SILVERA v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Baker County
RICHARD ARNEZZ HAYWOOD v. STATE OF FLORIDA
First District Court of Appeal · Alachua County
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