IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2008-051 PA-CIR

RE: ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES and CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENTS
PASCO COUNTY
JANUARY 1, 2009
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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 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	Judge Lynn Tepper
All Juvenile Delinquency

Section 6	Judge Lynn Tepper
All Juvenile Dependency

Section 40	Judge Linda Babb
Dependency Drug Court

PROBATE COURT SECTIONS

Sections A, X

Judge Lynn Tepper

CIRCUIT CIVIL SECTIONS

Sections B, Y	New Judge
Circuit Civil cases Writs of Habeas Corpus excluding Writs of Habeas Corpus pertaining to the issue of child custody

Section J1	New Judge
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 Linda Babb
Domestic relations cases

Section M	Judge Linda Babb
U.I.F.S.A., Department of Revenue Child Support cases

Section DZ	Judge Linda Babb
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. enforcement, etc.

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	Judge Walter Schafer, Jr.
Juvenile Delinquency

Sections 8, 26	Judge William R. Webb
Juvenile Dependency

Section 41	Judge Linda Babb
Dependency Drug Court

PROBATE COURT SECTIONS

Sections I, J

Judge Walter Schafer, Jr.

CIVIL COURT SECTIONS

Section G	Judge Stanley R. Mills
50% Circuit Civil

Section H	Judge W. Lowell Bray, Jr.
50% Circuit Civil

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 Jack Day
50% Domestic relations cases

Section F	Judge Daniel D. Diskey
50% Domestic relations cases

Section N1	Judge Jack Day
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 Jack Day
50% Dating, repeat, domestic and sexual violence cases

Section Q2	Judge Daniel D. Diskey
50% Dating, repeat, domestic and sexual violence cases

Section Z1	Judge Jack Day
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)

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

Effective January 1, 2009, Administrative Orders 2007-076 PA-CIR, 2007-088 PA-CIR, and 2007-093 PA-CIR are hereby rescinded.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida
this ____ day of September 2008.

_____________________________

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