Susan Stacy
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Circuit Judge · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court
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834 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Susan Stacy across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Circuit Criminal — Seminole County
Since Judge Stacy was elected by 60% of the vote in November 2014, she has been awarded the following honors:
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Seminole Criminal Justice Center, Sanford, Seminole, Scheduling Hearings
Published forms & procedures: Attorney Scheduling Instructions; Judge Stacy's Procedures
Verified against Judge Susan Stacy's own court profile page, 2026-08-02.
Division J — Criminal (controlling: AO 26-28-S eff. 2026-07-01; Division J runs through 2027-06-30 per order)
Seminole Criminal Justice Center, Sanford
Rotation drift cured on live policies page: now Criminal J
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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).
Profile upgraded 2026-08-02: bio_url now points to this judge's own page (https://flcourts18.org/susan-stacy-biography/), confirmed to name them before extraction. Biography captured verbatim from the court's page. 2 linked form/procedure document(s) fetched and hashed.
2 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 834 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 75 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (September 26, 2016–July 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 75 are counted in the outcome census above.
last checked September 4, 2026
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RAYON PAYNE VS SANDRA KOCH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THE PANTRY, INC. AND CIRCLE K STORES, INC. vs MIJAX MANAGER, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
LOUIS SPAGNUOLO, JAY LEWIS FARROW, AND FARROW LAW, P.A., VS INSURANCE OFFICE OF AMERICA, INC., JOHN K. RITENOUR, HEATH RITENOUR,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
SAM ZALLOUM VS DEANO S. ESPOSITA, AMY C. ESPOSITA, SUNTRUST BANK, REGIONS BANK D/B/A AMSOUTH BANK, AND MAGNOLIA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
BRIAN PERRY vs TAMARA T. PERRY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANITA GRAHAM AND SANDRA HENRY vs HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR FBR SECURITIZATION TRUST 2005-3 CALLABLE MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES 2005-3
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JAY LEWIS FARROW AND FARROW LAW, P.A. VS INSURANCE OFFICE OF AMERICA, INC., JOHN K. RITENOUR, HEATH RITENOUR, JOSHUA D. CLARK, LAW OFFICES OF
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DEANO S. ESPOSITA VS SUNTRUST BANK, AMY C. ESPOSITA, REGIONS BANK D/B/A AMSOUTH BANK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GINGER BUSH FLETCHER vs HUBERT KYLE FLETCHER, JR. AND FLETCHER LAW FIRM, P.A. F/K/A H. KYLE FLETCHER & ASSOCIATES, P.A.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REBECCA VELEZ VS WILFRED MERCADO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Citation
GEORGE V. SMITH AND MATHERLYN D. SMITH VS ALAN'S ROOFING, INC.
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DAVILA LAW GROUP, P.A., AND JULIO DAVID DAVILA vs EMERSON INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., JOSEPH C. STAYANOFF, P.A., JOSEPH C. STAYANOFF, AND ZACHARY T. STARKEY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
RAYON PAYNE, INDIVIDUALLY AND O/B/O C.P., A CHILD vs SANDRA KOCH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
KELLY M. MCFALL vs DONALD A. WELSH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOSEPH FETCHICK, III vs MICHELLE MONIQUE FETCHICK
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JOSEPH M. GUIDA vs THARY GUIDA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KRYSTLE ODDO vs CHRISTOPHER ODDO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
RAYON PAYNE, INDIVIDUALLY AND O/B/O C.P., A CHILD vs SANDRA KOCH
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Granted
SUSAN FOREMAN vs GREP SOUTHEAST, LLC AND SABAL CLUB HOLDINGS, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REYNALDO FRADERA vs EVELYN FRADERA
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
DARYL B. WELDON vs VANESSA J.M. WELDON
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
SPEED DRY, INC., AS ASSIGNEE OF WAYNE PARKER vs ANCHOR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
JENNIFER LYNN SCOTT vs PATRICK W. CASSIDY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
DICKSON V. LEE vs KWAN CHEONG AU
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
KEMP INVESTMENTS NORTH, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY vs KURTIS ENGLERT AND CAROL S. GEISLER
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. vs ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER CORPORATION D/B/A THE EFT NETWORK, INC., AND TJEM, INC. D/B/A CHECKCARE SYSTEMS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
Brendan Hurley, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Harry G. Veon v. Shirley Ann Veon
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Micaiah Lufcy v. Sarah Lufcy n/k/a Sarah Tolfa
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Krystle Oddo v. Christopher Oddo
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Joseph Freeney and Dietrich Freeney v. Geovera Specialty Insurance Company
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy Fortune v. Ashleigh Fortune
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert Davis v. Jasmine Molina Cardona
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Carlos Mendez Soto v. Kharol Sarmiento, Individually & o/b/o C.M., and J.M., Minor Children,
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHERRICE BRYSON DOUGLAS VS TONEY DOUGLAS
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Linda Nash v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Countrywide Loans Servicing, LP, et al
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Robert A. Davis v. Jasmine Molina Cardona
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
People's Trust Insurance Company v. Karl Lorenz and Nancy Lorenz
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Opinion
Luis Garces Bohmer v. Caroline Jane Wright
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Cyril Wohrer v. Graeme Duncan
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
McLaughlin v. LG-OHI Rockledge, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Sheri Slusher v. City of Casselberry, Florida and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Angela T. Zwarycz v. Robert W. Zwarycz
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Agnes Roman v. Security First Insurance Company
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Security First Insurance Company d/b/a Security First Florida v. William Rodriguez and Adelaida T. Rodriguez
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KRYSTLE ODDO VS CHRISTOPHER ODDO
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Timothy Fortune v. Ashleigh Fortune
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
William Huether, III, M.D., and Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Altamonte Springs F/K/A Florida Hospital Altamonte, Huether, III, M.D. v. Valeria Baroni
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Certiorari Review of Order from the Circuit Court for Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Petition - Authored Opinion
ENCE SPANN vs ANDREA RIPPER SPANN
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
OLGA FIGUEROA VS OHRI, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
William D. Chipchak v. Jorge Gauvin derivatively on behalf of G and S Refrigeration and AC, LLC
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Seminole County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
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