Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal

The Fifth District Court of Appeal was created by the 1979 session of the Florida Legislature.

[1] The addition of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in 2023 changed the caseload of the Fifth DCA.

Previously, the Fifth DCA handled cases from the following counties and circuit courts: Lake, Marion, Sumter, Citrus & Hernando (Fifth Circuit); Volusia, Flagler, Putnam & St. Johns (Seventh Circuit); Orange & Osceola (Ninth Circuit); and Brevard & Seminole (18th Circuit).

The Ninth Circuit was reassigned to the Sixth DCA and the Fourth Circuit (Clay, Duval & Nassau) was added from the First DCA.

[11] Judges who are on senior status at the Fifth DCA include:[12]