Reinaldo Ojeda
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
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317 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Reinaldo Ojeda across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Civil Sec 07 — Polk County
Civil Sec 07.
Verified 2026-08-03: the 10th's own judges page publishes portrait galleries for 10 officers; this judge is not among them. The missing photo is a court fact, not a harvest gap.
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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).
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4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 317 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.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 6 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 54 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (January 14, 2015–January 30, 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 54 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 3, 2026
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K. D. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES & OFFICE OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
HARRY LEE DAVIS, JR. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARK ANDREW FOPPE vs MARIE ELISABETH PARKMAN F/K/A MARIE ELISABETH FOPPE
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
M. D. vs DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES AND OFFICE OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
Second District Court of Appeal · Writ of Certiorari from the Circuit Court for Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Denied
KENDALL WAINWRIGHT vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DONTA D. SAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
R. S. vs S. K.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
R. S. vs S. K.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
IN THE INTEREST OF: JANE DOE vs
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
IN THE INTEREST OF: JANE DOE vs
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
TASHARA FREEMAN vs PRECIOUS ROGERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
R. S. vs S. K.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
CITY OF LAKELAND v. MEXCYE ROBERTS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TURO, INC. v. CYNTHIA MOBLEY, A'SHARI CALHOUN, WILLIE CALHOUN, TONT'YONA LITTLES, ALAYA LOTT-GRAY, DARRIASHA WIMBERLY, individually and CYNTHIA MOBLEY, as Parent and Natural Guardian of C. C., and PAULO HENRIQUE SIMOES DE OLIVEIRA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
JOSEPH GASTLE NEWMAN vs DIANE ELIZABETH NEWMAN
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
DONTA D. SAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RICHARD A. ARZILLO vs GRETCHEN L. ARZILLO
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SANDRINE MARIE AKRE-DESCHAMPS vs BRENDAN SMITH
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ANTHONY ARNETT JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH WEITZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
MARK PORTER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAMES W. JOHNS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
RONNIE JEROME HARVEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CAMERON HAYS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SEAN ALLAN ODEGAARD vs TAWNA FRANCINE ODEGAARD
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RICO CIELO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
PERRY LEE CHANCE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MALCOLM WATKINS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
STATE OF FLORIDA vs KENNETH G. ROGERS
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
ANTHONY JEFF WOOD vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WILLIAM SALLEE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREW HYRE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
LUIS BERMUDEZ vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RICHARD A. ARZILLO vs GRETCHEN L. ARZILLO
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ALVIN MILLER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
FLOYD ANTONIO JACKSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
HERSHEL ROSEBORO vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Hawthorne v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
HERBERT WILLIAMS vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANTHONY DANIEL vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Dismissed
Padilla v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
JERRY HOLMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
Morris v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Landy v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Mike v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Hughbanks v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Foster v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Morris v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Weitz v. State
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
14-1413
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
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