IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2007-076 PA-CIR

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RE: ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES and CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENTS

– PASCO COUNTY

JANUARY 1, 2008

ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES

Chief Judge Judge Robert J. Morris, Jr.

Pasco Administrative Judge Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

Pasco County Court Judge William G. Sestak

Appellate Division Judge R. Timothy Peters

Family Law Division Judge Peter Ramsberger

including Unified Family Court

FACILITY COORDINATOR

West Pasco Judicial Center Judge Shawn Crane

Pasco County Courthouse Judge William G. Sestak

EAST PASCO JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

CRIMINAL COURT SECTIONS

Sections 1, 2 Judge Jack Day

All criminal cases, including violations of probation

Section 30 Judge Linda Babb

Adult Drug Court

JUVENILE COURT SECTIONS

Section 5 Judge Linda Babb

All delinquency cases

Section 6 Judge Linda Babb

All dependency cases

Section 40 Judge Linda Babb

Dependency Drug Court

PROBATE

Sections A, X Judge Walter Schafer, Jr.

CIVIL COURT SECTIONS

Sections B, Y Judge Wayne L. Cobb

East Pasco civil cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs of

Habeas Corpus pertaining to the issue of child custody

Section J1 Judge Wayne L. Cobb

East Pasco foreclosure sales

FAMILY COURT SECTIONS

Section C Judge Lynn Tepper

Dating, domestic, repeat and sexual violence

cases including any indirect criminal contempt

affidavits prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office

Sections K, L Judge Lynn Tepper

Domestic relations cases

Section M Judge Lynn Tepper

U.I.F.S.A., Department of Revenue Child

Support cases

Section DZ Judge Lynn Tepper

Adoption and paternity cases, out-of-county

enforcement and modification orders filed in

domestic cases, Writs of Habeas Corpus pertaining

to the issue of child custody, petitions for custody,

actions filed under Chapters 742 and 751, Fla. Stat.

Section UF Judge Linda Babb Unified Family Court (Dependency and delinquency

cases with family-related domestic relations or

domestic violence cases)

WEST PASCO JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

CRIMINAL COURT SECTIONS

Section 3 Judge Pat Siracusa

50% Criminal cases, including section 03 violations

of probation

Indirect criminal contempt affidavits filed in

Section Q1 and prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office

Section 4 Judge Thane Covert

50% Criminal cases, including section 04 violations

of probation

Indirect criminal contempt affidavits filed in

Section Q2 and prosecuted by the State Attorney’s Office

Section 31 Judge Linda Babb

Adult Drug Court

JUVENILE COURT SECTIONS

Sections 7, 9 Judge Walter Schafer, Jr.

Juvenile delinquency cases

Sections 8, 26 Judge William R. Webb

Juvenile dependency cases

Section 41 Judge William R. Webb

Dependency Drug Court

PROBATE COURT SECTIONS

Section I Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% Probate cases

Section J Judge Shawn Crane

50% Probate cases

CIVIL COURT SECTIONS

Section G Judge Stanley R. Mills

50% General Civil cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs of Habeas

Corpus pertaining to the issue of child custody

Section H Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

50% General Civil Cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs of Habeas

Corpus pertaining to the issue of child custody

Section J2 Judge Stanley R. Mills

50% Foreclosure sales

Section J3 Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

50% Foreclosure sales

FAMILY COURT SECTIONS

Section E Judge Shawn Crane

50% Domestic relations cases

Section F Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% Domestic relations cases

Section N1 Judge Shawn Crane 50% U.I.F.S.A. and Department of Revenue

Child Support cases

Section N2 Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% U.I.F.S.A. and Department of

Revenue Child Support cases

Section Q1 Judge Shawn Crane

50% Dating, domestic, repeat and sexual violence

cases

Section Q2 Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% Dating, domestic, repeat and sexual violence

cases

Section Z1 Judge Shawn Crane

50% Adoption and paternity cases, out-of-county

enforcement and modification orders filed in

domestic cases, Writs of Habeas Corpus pertaining

to the issue of child custody, petitions for custody,

actions filed under Chapters 742 and 751 Fla. Stat.

Section Z2 Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% Adoption and paternity cases, out-of-county

enforcement and modification orders filed in

domestic cases, Writs of Habeas Corpus pertaining

to the issue of child custody petitions for custody,

actions filed under Chapters 742 and 751 Fla. Stat.

Section FC Judge William R. Webb

Unified Family Court (Dependency and delinquency

cases with family-related domestic relations or domestic

violence cases)

Grand Jury Proceedings

Judge Thane Covert

County Court Appeals

Pasco Primary Appellate Judge: Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

Pasco Appellate Panel

Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr., Judge Daniel D. Diskey, Judge Stanley R. Mills

Effective January 1, 2008, Administrative Order 2006-101 PA-CIR is hereby rescinded.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida this ____ day of September 2007.

_____________________________

Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge

cc: All Pasco Judges

The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

The Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender

The Honorable Jed Pittman, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pasco County

Debbie Gay, Assistant Court Service Director, Pasco County Clerk’s Office

Carol Heath, Executive Director, Pinellas County Clerk’s Office

Gay L. Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

Kerry Rice, Deputy Courts Administrator, Pasco County

Florida Department of Children and Family Services, East and West Pasco

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, East and West Pasco

Court Reporters, Pasco County

Bar Associations, Pasco and Pinellas County

Law Libraries, Pasco and Pinellas County