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Florida Appeals Court Decisions Week of February 16 - 20, 2026
February 20, 2026

U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

USA v. Estadella - drug possession, felon with firearm, evidence, misconduct
CB v. Henry Cnty Sch Dist - IDEA, placement, mootness
Barrie v. US Att’y Gen - immigration, removal, rape
Davis v. Ala DOC - en banc denial, postconviction relief, capital case
USA v. Hernandez - migrant smuggling scheme, search and seizure, evidence, sentencing
USA v. Robelo-Galo - sentencing, only available caregiver

Florida Supreme Court - Tallahassee


State v. Kaczmar - postconviction relief, capital case

First District Court of Appeal - Tallahassee


Ouedraogo v. Walmart - slip and fall, summary judgment
Jones v. State - jury trial waiver, criminal case
Glenn Trust v. Walton Cnty - certiorari, judgment nullified by law’s repeal
Lakatis v. Citrus Cnty Sheriff - workers’ compensation
FCOR v. Johnson - parole, stare decisis
Rivera v. Rivera-Chong - attorney disqualification
Byers v. State - probation revocation

Second District Court of Appeal - St. Petersburg


Broadmoor v. Super Heat & Air - commercial lease dispute
Morgan v. State - postconviction relief
Dominguez v. State - double jeopardy, certified conflict
Golfin v. State - probation revocation
Tweed v. State - probation revocation
TS v. State - delinquency, disposition
DCF v. KB - parental rights, termination

Third District Court of Appeal - Miami


State v. Fucien - child support
Mendoza v. Kendall - intervention, interest in property
Hiscox v. Werline - default, no evidentiary hearing
Fidelman v. Dominguez - insufficient record
Carvajal v. Dep’t of Revenue - insufficient record
Delgado v. State - DUI, evidence, improper closing
Chetrit Grp v. EquiShares - certiorari, common interest exception
Maloy v. State - postconviction relief
Golubtsova v. Budaev - divorce, subject matter jurisdiction
Whatley v. Dep’t of Revenue - paternity, no administrative hearing
Estrada v. Garcia - equitable distribution, alimony, no findings
Montero v. State - incompetence to stand trial
Pacific v. Peninsula  - attorney’s fees, insufficient record
Marshall v. Marshall - insufficient record
Czyz v. Progressive - personal jurisdiction
Fuenmayor v. Fuenmayor - summary judgment, pleading

Fourth District Court of Appeal - West Palm Beach


State v. Stouffer, et al - speedy trial
JM Props v. Ft Dallas Truss - construction lien
Huggins v. Safepoint - sanction, failure to appear
Samuels v. State - probation
Dorn v. Hatwood - costs, personal representative
Westgate v. Word of Faith - lease, security deposit
Atkinson v. Atkinson - alimony
Hi-Land Prop v. Gantt - partition
Malcolm v. State - newly discovered evidence
Busias v. State - sentencing

Fifth District Court of Appeal - Daytona Beach

Baker v. Yokell - directed verdict, pro se; new trial
Pierre v. State - Spencer warning, pro se

Sixth District Court of Appeal - Lakeland

No decisions this week.

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