Judges

Attorneys for detainees at a Florida immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" want a federal judge to visit the facility. They argue this will help determine if detainees have sufficient access to legal counsel. On Friday, they asked U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell to make the visit within two months. The facility, built this summer, requires attorneys to schedule visits three days in advance. State attorneys object, citing security risks and operational disruptions. As of Monday, the judge hadn't ruled on the request. This case is one of three federal lawsuits challenging practices at the detention center.

Two judicial appointments have been made to the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court.

Collierr County Court Judge Christopher H. Brown was one of seven judicial appointments made Tuesday by Governor Ron DeSantis.

Florida is asking a federal judge to speed up a final ruling in a high-stakes case about permitting authority for projects that affect wetlands, as the state sets the stage for a likely appeal.U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss on Feb. 15 ruled that federal officials did not follow required steps in 2020 before transferring wetlands-related permitting authority from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the state. Moss vacated the shift but said the state and the federal government could seek a stay of his ruling. He also did not decide certain legal issues in the case.

Two Fort Myers attorneys have been appointed to positions in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court and Lee County Court.

"The challenged provisions exemplify something Florida has struggled with in recent years; namely, governing within the bounds set by the United States Constitution," Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker, in a 58-page decision, that blocked some parts of the state's new elections law.

Here's what you need to know ahead of the 2022 general election for the Florida Supreme Court, appointed judges, and appeals court judges.

A justice watchdog group is calling on the Constitution revision commission to tweak the process that sends new judges to the bench.

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran is praising the state’s Supreme Court after it formally barred retired judges from weighing in on cases after new...

As Florida's population has grown in the last half-century, it's also become more diverse. Now a new book from University of Florida Press chronicles the…