The Honorable Benjamin B. Garagozlo, a qualified county court judge in Brevard County, is hereby temporarily assigned to supplement and aid the circuit judges in Brevard County by hearing, conducting, and determining all matters in circuit civil division cases in Brevard County.
The following Brevard division assignments will be effective July 1, 2024, unless otherwise specified.
WHEREAS the Chief Judge “shall regulate the use of all court facilities,” as provided in 2.215(b)(7), Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration; IT IS ORDERED that all locked jury restrooms are to be used only by the jurors or as any Judge directs. DONE AND ORDERED this 17th day of June 2024.
The court having determined that Judge Benjamin B. Garagozlo should not hear cases in which Security First Insurance Company, Brevard County School District, and Brevard Physician Associates PLLC appear as parties, therefore all pending or newly filed cases in which Security First Insurance Company, Brevard County School District, and Brevard Physician Associates PLLC appear as parties shall be reassigned to the next judge in rotation pursuant to pending or existing administrative orders.
Effective, June 1, 2024, all civil traffic hearings scheduled with offense locations in the Central/South Region shall be set to be heard at the Moore Justice Center at 2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, FL 32940. All cases from the above dockets are to be rescheduled for an appearance at the Moore Justice Center at 2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, FL 32940, on the same date and at the same time as previously noticed. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order to all previously notified defendants.
Florida Statutes Chapters 569.11 and 569.42 involve cases alleging non-criminal violations against persons under the age of twenty-one (21) for unlawful purchase, possession or use of tobacco and/or nicotine, and vaping products.
Due to the upcoming division changes, Judge Benjamin B. Garagozlo will be assigned a Circuit Civil division and the County Court division he currently occupies will be dissolved. Therefore, the Clerk of Court, as of May 28, 2024, will no longer assign any new County Court cases to Judge Benjamin B. Garagozlo.
Judge Segal will be taking over Judge Speicher’s family cases effective July 1, 2024.
There are six (6) cases that are now set for trial from which Judge Robert Segal cannot hear. Therefore, the below cases should be reassigned accordingly.
Fortier v Fortier – 23-DR-021677 – set for case management conference 3/8/2024
Milburn v Gonzalez – 22-DR-044296 – set for trial 9/2/2024
Harris v Harris – 22-DR-023469 – set for trial 10/1/2024
Riordan v Thakur 22-DR-033183 – set for trial 11/1/2024
Hensley v Hensley – 18-DR-057743 – set for trial 12/2/2024
Desjarllais DiMeo v DiMeo – 22DR055979 – set for trial 12/2/2024
DONE AND ORDERED this 27th day of February, 2024.
16-27-S: In Re: – Judges – Reassignment of Cases Assigned to Judge Melanie Chase
18-51-B SUPERSEDES 16-13-B: In Re: – Magistrate – Appointment of General Magistrate & Support Enforcement Hearing Officer Leslie J. Castaldi
22-05-B: In Re: – Magistrate – Appointment of General Magistrate & Support Enforcement Hearing Officer Daniel J. Freyberg
22-22-S: In Re: – Judges – Reassignment of Cases Assigned to Judge Melanie Chase
24-29-s supersedes 23-41-s it is hereby ordered that the General Magistrate assigned to the civil division for Seminole County shall have jurisdictional authority to hear certain matters as set forth herein, and that the procedure to obtain consent of the parties to a referral of a civil matter to the General Magistrate shall be as set forth within.