Lee County — Controlling Division Assignment Order (eff. 2026-02-09)
Summary
Controlling division-assignment order for the 20th Judicial Circuit; overrides stale directory renderings.
Requirement
EFFECTIVE February 9, 2026: Lee County Court assignments — Gagliardi/George/Gonzalez/Gill/Mirra/Paluck: Misdemeanors, Ordinances & Criminal Traffic 16.7% each + Small Claims 11.1% + Civil Traffic Infractions 11.1%; Pacheco/Garza: County Civil & Other Civil 33.3% + Evictions 33.3% + Small Claims 11.1% + Civil Traffic 11.1%; County Civil docket G9 VACANT; specialty courts (Drug/Veterans/Mental Health) per profile weights. NOTE: served under a filename reading Circuit despite county content (site naming quirk).
Source of truth
- Official source
- 20th Circuit — Division Assignments page
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- February 8, 2026
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable-5 20th-circuit arbitrated ingest 2026-07-20
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AO 2026-03-Gen — Use of AI in Court Filings [VACATED eff. 6/15/2026 by AO 2026-19-Gen]
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AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
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AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.