IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2009-057 PA-CIR 

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RE:     ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES and CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENTS

PASCO COUNTY – JANUARY 1, 2010

 

ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES

 

Chief Judge

Judge J. Thomas McGrady

Pasco Administrative Judge

Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

Pasco County Court

Judge William G. Sestak

Appellate Division

Judge R. Timothy Peters

Family Law Division

including Unified Family Court

Judge Peter Ramsberger

 

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 Pat Siracusa

All Criminal cases, including violations

of probation

 

Section 30      

Judge Linda Babb

Adult Drug Court

 

JUVENILE COURT SECTIONS    

 

Section 5, 28*

Judge Pat Siracusa

All Juvenile Delinquency

 

Section 6, 29*

Judge Lynn Tepper

All Juvenile Dependency

                                                                                                           

                                                PROBATE COURT SECTIONS

 

Sections A, X 

Judge Walter L. Schafer, Jr.

 

CIRCUIT CIVIL SECTIONS

 

Sections B, Y 

Judge Susan L. Gardner

Circuit Civil cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs

of Habeas Corpus pertaining to child

custody

 

Section J1

Judge Susan L. Gardner

50% Foreclosure sales

 

Section J4*

Judge Lynn Tepper

50% Foreclosure sales

 

FAMILY COURT SECTIONS

 

Section C, C1*

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 Linda Babb

Domestic relations cases

 

Section M, M1*

Judge Linda Babb

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

Support cases

 

Section DZ, EZ*

Judge Linda Babb

Adoption and paternity cases, out-of-county

enforcement and modification orders filed

in domestic cases, Writs of Habeas Corpus

pertaining to child custody, petitions for

custody, actions filed under Chapters 742

and 751, Fla. Stat.

 

WEST PASCO JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

 

CRIMINAL COURT SECTIONS

 

Section 3

 Judge Shawn Crane

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 Michael F. Andrews

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

     Juvenile delinquency

 

  Judge Candy Morris VanDercar

  Acting Circuit Judge

     

 Sections 8, 26

  Judge William R. Webb

 Juvenile Dependency

 

 

                                                PROBATE COURT SECTIONS

 

Sections I, J   

Judge Walter L. Schafer, Jr.

 

CIVIL COURT SECTIONS

 

Section G       

Judge Stanley R. Mills

50% Circuit Civil cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs

of Habeas Corpus pertaining to child

custody

 

Section H       

Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.

50% Circuit Civil cases

Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs

of Habeas Corpus pertaining to 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 Mary M. Handsel

50% Domestic relations cases

 

Section F

  Judge Daniel D. Diskey

50% Domestic relations cases

 

 

           

Section N1     

  Judge Mary M. Handsel

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, Q2

Dating, repeat, domestic and sexual

Judge Candy Morris VanDercar

Acting Circuit Judge

violence cases

                                                           

Section Z1

  Judge Mary M. Handsel

50% Adoption and paternity cases,

out-of-county enforcement and

modification orders filed in domestic

cases, Writs of Habeas Corpus pertaining

to 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 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)

                                   

Grand Jury Proceedings

 

Judge Shawn Crane

 

County Court Appeals

Pasco Primary Appellate Judge

 

Judge Stanley R. Mills

 

Pasco Appellate Panel

 

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

 

       * Sections 28, 29, J4, C1, M1, and EZ were created to assist in the even distribution of cases. 

 

        Effective January 1, 2010, Administrative Orders 2008-051 PA-CIR, 2008-074 PA/PI-CIR, and 2009-029 PA-CIR are hereby rescinded.

 

        DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida this _____ day of September 2009.

 

                                                                                                _____________________________

                                                                                                J. Thomas McGrady, Chief Judge

 

cc:        All Pasco Judges

            The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

            The Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender

            The Honorable Paula S. O’Neil, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pasco County

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

            Suzanne M. Mucklow, 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