Wayne M. Durden
Senior Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
High confidence· verified August 3, 2026
Senior Judge · Tenth Judicial Circuit Court
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317 verified requirements and 6 rule deadlines govern practice before Judge Wayne M. Durden across the judge, division, county, circuit, and statewide layers.
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Senior judge, 10th Judicial Circuit. The senior gallery lists no current section assignment.
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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How Florida’s appellate courts disposed of the 175 opinions in BenchPath’s corpus (May 15, 2013–July 7, 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 175 are counted in the outcome census above.
WHITNEY C. ANDERSON VS DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF SAXON ASSET SECURITIES TRUST 2006-3 MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET BACKED NOTES. SERIES 2006-3
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Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
TERRY A. SPRUILL VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
WILLIAM RUSSEL BRONSON vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JALYSSA T. THOMAS v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HIGHLANDS LAKE CENTER, LLC, GABRIEL LIVING CENTERS, LLC, OPIS MANAGMENT RESOURCES, LLC VS DIANE E. JONES
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
LARRY PARK vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
TIOVANIA KATRINA BAKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
RAYMOND MARQUIS VS DAVID ORION DOYLE AND NICHOLAS DOYLE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
GRADY C. JUDD, SHERIFF OF POLK COUNTY, ET AL VS CHRISTINA HAEGELE, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHANCE HAEGELE
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
C. JEFFERY ARNOLD, ET AL. VS DONALD BRONSON, ET AL.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
HIGHLANDS RESERVE LLC AND OLE BILDEN VS WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO., BOSS INTERNATIONAL D/B/A FEMCO STEEL TECHNOLOGY, AND FST AMERICA, INC. D/B/A KBS GOLF SHAFTS
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
KOYA WEST v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHEILA R. MUNOZ VS CENLAR, FSB
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MARYANN TROIANO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE FAY MARIE TROIANO VS WILLIAM KILPATRICK, VICTOR TROIANO AND
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
MIOSOTIS IRIZARRY v. STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
PALM GARDEN OF WINTER HAVEN, L L C, ET AL vs THE ESTATE OF BARBARA A. HOGAN, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
H & S INVESTMENT GROUP OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, LLC VS LENARD S. SPIKER, A/K/A STEVE SPIKER, DAVID SPIKER, PAMELA J. SPIKER, IMPERIAL PAVING, LLC,
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN & ABARAY, P.. A. VS NATALIE GONZALEZ AND NATALIE GONZALEZ AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
EMANUEL LAMAR CHARLES VALENTIN VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
Chenel Derousseau v. State of Florida
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DWAYNE LEE LEWIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
AVATAR PROPERTIES, INC. VS NORMAN GUNDEL, ET AL.
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
DIVERSIFIED LAND MANAGEMENT, LLC VS LUIS A. AGOSTO AND MELISSA ALICEA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
MARYANN TROIANO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE FAY MARIE TROIANO REVOCABLE VS VICTOR A. TROIANO, LETICIA TROIANO AND WILLIAM KILPATRICK, ET AL
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNLIMITED, INC., HAROLD L. SAMEC AND CHERYL K. SAMEC VS PATRICIA H. SCHMIDT, JOSEPH M. LEITER, JR., SUSAN D. RUNNELS, HUNTER K. OVENS, ROBERT CODY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
Atano Linsey Watson v. State of Florida
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
CUT PRO CNC, INC. VS E & M FABRICATION & SUPPLY, LLC
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
THE ASSOCIATION OF CYPRESS GARDENS MOBILE HOME PARK HOMEOWNERS, INC. v. GARDEN LAKE ESTATES, LLC d/b/a CYPRESS GARDENS MOBILE HOME PARK
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
SHELLY PONIATOWSKI vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MICHAEL R. HOOK VS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Per Curiam Affirmed
DWAYNE LEE LEWIS VS STATE OF FLORIDA
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Appeal - Authored Opinion
CHRISTINA HAEGELE, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF CHANCE HAEGELE, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ESTATE AND SURVIVORS, AND CHRISTINA HAGELE INDIVIDUALLY vs GRADY C. JUDD, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF, POLK COUNTY; REGINALD GREEN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND JOSEPH HICKS, INDIVIDUALLY
Sixth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ADRIANNA BRADLEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JEREMIAH KING vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REGINALD WHITEHURST vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
NANCY KING, M. D., THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CENTER, INC. AND WORK LOSS MANAGEMENT, INC. vs BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY vs BENJAMIN D. MARKUSON, ET AL.
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
J. W. vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
AIMEE STREETER vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
LADARIUS B. MIKE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JERIN JOLLY JAMES vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
ANDREW CHUMNEY vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed in Part/Reversed in Part
CHRIS BARBER vs EDDIE KITTRELL, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARCO M. TORRES vs HONORABLE PATRICIA KELLY
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
WESLEY THOMAS GRACE vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
REMOND D. BROWN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
MARCO M. TORRES vs HON. PATRICIA J. KELLY
Fifth District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
JOHN THOMAS PHELAN, JR. vs TRIFACTOR SOLUTIONS, LLC
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Reversed
REBECCA KEENER, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE vs ROBERT S. THOMAS, JR., M. D., ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
CARTER & DEAN, LLC vs KIMBERLY BARNES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL GUARDIAN FOR E.J.P.R., A MINOR, ET AL
Second District Court of Appeal · Polk County
Disposition (court’s label): Affirmed
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