Florida is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Alachua, Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Gainesville, Marianna, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee.
Middle District
(b) The Middle District comprises the counties of Baker, Bradford, Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, De Soto, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, Sarasota, Seminole, Sumter, Suwannee, Union, and Volusia.
Court for the Middle District shall be held at Fernandina, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Live Oak, Ocala, Orlando, Saint Petersburg, and Tampa.
Southern District
(c) The Southern District comprises the counties of Broward, Dade, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie.
Court for the Southern District shall be held at Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Key West, Miami, and West Palm Beach.
Notes of Decisions
Florida Evergreen Foliage v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., 336 F. Supp. 2d 1239 (S.D. Fla. 2004).
· cites it 2× “28 U.S.C. § 89 (c). Further, although Ferraro Defendants argue that this courthouse is 45 minutes from the Broward County courthouse, the Eleventh Circuit has held that such a small distance is “negligible” for purposes of Colorado River.”
United States v. William Jay Louwsma, 970 F.2d 797 (11th Cir. 1992).
· cites it 5× “Collier County was transferred to the Middle District by a special statute, the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act, amending 28 U.S.C. § 89 [note]. This statute provides that the transfer “shall apply to any action commenced in .”
B. J. McAdams, Inc. v. Boggs, 426 F. Supp. 1091 (E.D. Pa. 1977).
“See 28 U.S.C. § 89 (b). 20 . Boggs originally joined in this motion, but has since withdrawn.”
United States v. Walter \Frenchy\" Bagnell", 679 F.2d 826 (11th Cir. 1982).
“28 U.S.C. § 89 . The jury selection plan for the southern district of Florida provides that jurors in trials held at Miami shall be drawn from Dade and Collier Counties.”
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. v. Kirkevold, 87 F.R.D. 317 (D. Minnesota 1980).
“V) § 89, 28 U.S.C.A. § 89 . Therefore, the question whether Respondent was “doing business” in Florida *322 within the meaning of § 1391(c) is irrelevant, and the discussion of that question is beside (jie point.”
Carrano v. Harborside Healthcare Corp., 199 F.R.D. 459 (D. Conn. 2001).
“See 28 U.S.C. § 89 . HRLP maintains that because the Saint Petersburg seat of court is not "active,” Carrano is restricted to filing suit in state court in Pinellas county.”
Empire Gas Corp. v. True Value Gas of Florida, Inc., 702 F. Supp. 783 (W.D. Mo. 1989).
“See 28 U.S.C. § 89 . The affidavit filed by plaintiff in support of its application for a temporary restraining order states that plaintiff’s two largest customers that requested termination in order to have True Value as their suppliers were located in Port Richey, Florida,…”
United States v. Stoecklin, 848 F. Supp. 1521 (M.D. Fla. 1994).
“Citrus County is within the Ocala Division of the Middle District of Florida, 28 U.S.C. § 89 (b); Local Rule 1.02(b)(2), and therefore this Court does have jurisdiction.”
John Ippolito v. United States, 223 F.2d 154 (5th Cir. 1955).
“Appellant contends also that 28 U.S.C.A. § 89 , which enumerates eight cities in the Southern District where court is to be held — including Tampa and Jacksonville — read together with the reviser’s note to 28 U.”
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