Supreme Court of Florida
In Re: Certification of Need for Additional Judges
December 12, 2024407 So. 3d 1222
Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida certified the need for 48 additional trial-court judgeships for fiscal year 2025-26, consisting of 23 circuit judgeships and 25 county judgeships, based primarily on an updated weighted-caseload assessment supplemented by local judicial-need applications. It also certified the need for two additional judgeships on the Sixth District Court of Appeal and recommended that the Legislature reduce the Second District's authorized judgeships gradually through attrition without involuntarily removing any judge. The Court recommended no reductions in circuit, county, or district judgeships. No separate opinions were filed.