SUMMARY OF ORDERS ENTERED BY THE PRESIDING JUDGES
Seereeram v. Saith  ·  Case No. 2023-DR-004193-O  ·  Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orange County, Florida
Orders of record by the presiding judges — Hon. Diana M. Tennis (Nov. 13, 2023 – Aug. 15, 2024) and Hon. LaShawnda K. Jackson (May 8, 2025 – July 21, 2026). “Elapsed” = working time from the underlying motion’s filing to the order, in business days (8 a.m.–5 p.m., Mon–Fri). Compiled verbatim from the Florida E-Filing Portal docket.
#Date FiledDate of OrderElapsed
(business days)		Presiding
Judge		Yrs†Division
Head		Yrs†Filing No.Filed byWife’s counsel
(service block)		DispositionMatter ruled upon
PART I — ORDERS ENTERED BY JUDGE DIANA M. TENNIS  (Division 38) · November 13, 2023 – August 15, 2024
111/10/202311/13/20231.0Tennis30+Tennis30+185984404Husband—Granted — agreed (substitution of Husband's counsel)Order on the Husband's Agreed Motion for Substitution of Counsel (filed Nov. 10, 2023) — substituting Alessandra B. Manes, Esq. / Green Family Law, P.A. in as the Husband's counsel. Unopposed.
2—12/14/2023—Tennis30+Tennis30+188024723Husband—Granted — agreed (withdrawal of Husband's counsel)Order granting the Husband's Agreed Motion and Consent for Leave to Withdraw — permitting Alessandra B. Manes, Esq. / Green Family Law, P.A. to withdraw as the Husband's counsel. Unopposed.
31/24/20242/2/20247.0Tennis30+Tennis30+191159590Wife—✗ Denied — Wife's consolidation motion deniedOrder on the Wife's Motion to Consolidate (filed Jan. 24, 2024; #190417055) — motion denied; the order simultaneously set a discovery timeline and a Case Management Conference.
42/20/20242/21/20241.0Tennis30+Tennis30+192446360Wife—✓ Granted — Wife's Motion to Join (LLC + Trust added)Order After Case Management Conference — granted the Wife's Motion to Join Additional Parties (filed Feb. 20, 2024; #192336041), adding the Devo Seereeram, Ph.D., P.E. LLC and the Saith-Seereeram Family Revocable Trust as parties — the vehicle for the Wife's later “entirely marital” equity theory (see Prima Facie, Predicate 34) — and set amended-pleading and discovery deadlines.
5—2/22/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+192538496Court—AdministrativeOrder Setting Case Management Conference — sets the in-person CMC for Feb. 26, 2024 (administrative).
6—2/26/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+192734024Court—AdministrativeOrder After Case Management Conference — sets discovery, expert-retention, and joint-equitable-distribution-spreadsheet deadlines (administrative).
73/4/24 12:23 PM3/5/24 8:40 AM0.6
next business day		Tennis30+Tennis30+193295225Wife—✓ Granted — Trust enjoined (fees denied)Wife's Verified Emergency Motion to Enjoin Removal of Trust Assets (filed Mar. 4, 2024; #193220536) — the foundational Trust Injunction, entered in chambers the next morning (8:40 a.m.) without a hearing and without recital of review of the Trust instrument. The Trust instrument was never provided to the Court by Mr. Roen — who verified the motion without possessing it — and was never read by the Court (see Prima Facie, Predicate 31).
83/19/24 11:50 AM3/19/24 12:49 PM0.1
59 min		Tennis30+Tennis30+194331038Husband—✗ Denied — emergency relief denied (Wife allowed by speakerphone)Husband's Emergency Motion for Protective Order barring the Wife from attending the non-party depositions of D. Miller and C. Callahan (citing her Mar. 18 threat text) (filed Mar. 19, 2024, 11:50:48 a.m.; #194322557)
9—4/16/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+196302328Court—Granted — agreed (joint continuance)Order granting the parties' Joint Stipulated Motion to Continue — agreed continuance of a scheduled setting.
10—7/2/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+201801290Court—AdministrativeUniform Order Setting Pretrial Conference (Oct. 7, 2024) and for Non-Jury Trial (administrative).
11—7/2/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+201799994Husband—Granted — agreed (Husband's counsel withdraws; pro se begins)Order granting the Husband's Motion to Withdraw — relieving Carlos Otero, Esq. as counsel; the Husband proceeds pro se from July 5, 2024 (agreed / unopposed).
127/24/24 1:40 PM7/25/24 11:55 AM0.8
next business day		Tennis30+Tennis30+203327422Husband—✗ Denied — without prejudice (cross-examination deferred to trial)Husband's Motion for Additional Depositions of the Wife (four 3-hour sessions to examine newly disclosed assets, including the ~$1.4M precious-metals account disclosed at her June 27, 2024 deposition)
137/29/20247/30/20241.0Tennis30+Tennis30+203617681Husband—✗ DeniedHusband's Motion for Protective Order and appointment of a neutral monitor for depositions (filed July 29, 2024), and Motion for Reconsideration (filed July 25, 2024)
147/30/24 10:56 AM7/30/24 2:15 PM0.4
3 h 18 m		Tennis30+Tennis30+203665067Husband—✗ DeniedHusband's Motion for Reconsideration of the order denying additional depositions (with notice of intent to seek a writ of certiorari)
158/1/20248/2/20241.0Tennis30+Tennis30+203902796Husband—✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Disqualify Judge Tennis (filed Aug. 1, 2024; #203857415) — citing opposing counsel's June 27, 2024 deposition conduct and the “eat my lunch” remark
168/2/20248/5/20241.0Tennis30+Tennis30+204057243Husband—✗ DeniedHusband's Motion for Specificity regarding the denial of the motion to disqualify (filed Aug. 2, 2024)
178/5/20248/5/20240.0Tennis30+Tennis30+204078079Husband—✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Disqualify the Wife's attorney, Hal Roen, Esq. (filed Aug. 5, 2024; #204001707)
188/5/20248/6/20241.0Tennis30+Tennis30+204125886Husband—✗ Denied — Judge Tennis declined to recuse herselfHusband's Motion for Reconsideration of the denial of his motion to recuse Judge Tennis (filed Aug. 5, 2024; #204001770)
08/07/2024 · #204182415 · Petitioner's Notice of Withdrawal of Petition — the day after Judge Tennis declined to recuse, the Husband withdrew as Petitioner and elected to proceed solely as Counter-Respondent, citing a well-founded fear of the Judge's bias (procedural marker, shown for sequence)
198/12/24 9:48 AM8/13/24 10:53 AM1.1
≈23 h clock		Tennis30+Tennis30+204590429Husband—✗ Husband's reconsideration denied · Roen's motion to seal the bias motion reserved for trial (not denied)Order on Outstanding Pleadings, entered in chambers roughly 23 hours after filing, disposing of two Aug. 12, 2024 motions: (1) the Respondent's (Mr. Roen's) Motion to Seal the Husband's Canon 7 Final Motion for Recusal (#204508525) — the recusal motion that documented Judge Tennis's political-contribution bias — which the Court RESERVED FOR TRIAL, declining to deny it; and (2) the Husband's Motion for Reconsideration of the recusal denial (#204482114), which the Court denied. Two days later (Aug. 15) the Court reversed, granted reconsideration and disqualification, and recused — see next row.
20—8/15/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+204794462Court (sua sponte)—✓ Judge disqualified — sua sponteAmended Order — Judge Tennis sua sponte disqualified herself while no motion was pending — the Husband's Final Motion for Recusal (filed Aug. 12, 2024; #204482114) having been denied two days earlier, on Aug. 13 (#204590429); case to be reassigned
21—8/15/2024—Tennis30+Tennis30+204795117Court—AdministrativeOrder of Reassignment — case transferred from Judge Tennis (Division 38) to Judge Michael Deen (Division 31)
INTERLUDE — JUDGE MICHAEL DEEN  (Division 31) · August 15, 2024 – January 7, 2025 — NO ORDERS ISSUED. Upon Judge Tennis’s August 15, 2024 disqualification the case was reassigned to Judge Deen, who had no interaction with the parties and entered no orders of record before rotating out of the family division. On January 7, 2025 the matter passed to Judge LaShawnda K. Jackson, newly seated on the family-division bench; no notice of the change of presiding judge was provided to the parties of record. Judge Deen: Assistant State Attorney (prosecutor); Orange County Judge (Civil) 2021; Circuit Judge, Domestic Relations 2022–24; Circuit Civil 2025–26 — approximately 2.5 years on the bench as of August 2024.
PART II — ORDERS ENTERED BY JUDGE LASHAWNDA K. JACKSON · May 8 – December 9, 2025
14/11/20255/8/202519.0Jackson0Tennis30+222698852WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ GrantedWife's Motion to Prohibit the Clerk from Issuing Husband's Subpoena Duces Tecum (T-Mobile call & text metadata)
2—5/8/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+222698854CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeCancels the May 27, 2025 hearing on Wife's motion to prohibit the subpoena
3—5/9/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+222804135CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeCancels the June 5, 2025 hearing on pending objections and motions (no ruling on the merits)
4—5/12/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+222866473CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeSets in-person Case Management Conference for July 10, 2025
55/6/20255/16/20258.0Jackson0Tennis30+223249205WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ GrantedWife's Motion for Protective Order to bar deposing / questioning her prior counsel — attorney-client privilege cited  [later nullified by #224214452]
65/11/20255/16/20255.0Jackson0Tennis30+223253992HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied — legally insufficientHusband's Verified Motion to Disqualify (filed May 11, 2025)
7—5/30/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+224214452CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ Granted — prior order vacatedNullifies the May 16, 2025 protective order (#223249205) as to Wife's prior counsel
85/19/20255/30/20259.0Jackson0Tennis30+224214951HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied — legally insufficientHusband's Verified Motion to Disqualify Judge Jackson (filed May 19, 2025)
95/6/20255/30/202518.0Jackson0Tennis30+224218358WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ GrantedWife's Motion for Protective Order barring depositions and interrogatories to Wife's prior attorneys — Windle, Bigney, LaRue, Bankowitz, Rabinowitz, Hagner (confidential lawyer-client communications)
07/09/2025 · #226936923 · Petitioner's Notice of Conditional Waiver of Appearance and Intent to Rest on the Record — Petitioner elected to rest entirely on the written record unless the presiding judge is reassigned (acknowledged by the Court at Footnote 1 of the July 10, 2025 Order After CMC, #227348738) (procedural marker, shown for sequence)
104/22/20257/10/202557.0Jackson0Tennis30+226981138HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ SustainedHusband's objections to Wife's Request for Admissions Nos. 2 & 10
114/22/20257/10/202557.0Jackson0Tennis30+226986316HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Sustained — later reversedHusband's objection to Wife's Request to Produce (Schedule A), Request No. 1 (third-party entities / Trust / LLC)  [later reversed — the Wife's Oct. 13, 2025 Motion to Compel updated financial affidavit and mandatory disclosure (#233481154) was granted]
124/28/20257/11/202554.0Jackson0Tennis30+227038375HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Granted — never enforcedHusband's Motion to Compel production of Wife's mental-health evaluation  [never enforced — the evaluation was not produced; the Husband's Sept. 4, 2025 Motion for Determination of Non-Compliance and Sanctions (#230856389) was denied, so the order yielded no relief]
13—7/11/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+227058514CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeSets Case Management Conference for September 3, 2025
143/17/20257/11/202584.0Jackson0Tennis30+227108545WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		◷ Granted in partRuling on Wife's objections to Husband's Feb. 28, 2025 Notice to Produce (Nos. 2,13,16,17,21,22 sustained; 6-8,11-12,14-20,23-24 overruled)
153/7/20257/11/202590.0Jackson0Tennis30+227109370HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied as mootHusband's Objection to Notice for Trial and Request for CMC (filed Mar. 7, 2025)
163/20/20257/11/202581.0Jackson0Tennis30+227110527HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ OverruledHusband's objection to Wife's Notice to Produce (filed Mar. 20, 2025); Husband ordered to respond within 20 days
173/21/20257/11/202580.0Jackson0Tennis30+227111577HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Strike Wife's RFA & Notice to Produce and for Protective Order (filed Mar. 21, 2025); Husband ordered to respond within 20 days
183/21/20257/11/202580.0Jackson0Tennis30+227112010WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied as mootWife's Withdrawal of Notice for Trial and Motion for CMC
193/31/20257/11/202574.0Jackson0Tennis30+227112670HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Defer ruling on Wife's attorney-fee motion until after the criminal-fraud hearing (filed Mar. 31, 2025)
204/4/20257/11/202570.0Jackson0Tennis30+227114143HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied as mootHusband's Motion for Alternative Service / Remote Deposition of non-party witness Sabrina Saith (Singapore)
214/28/20257/11/202554.0Jackson0Tennis30+227114498HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Request for Judicial Notice re Wife's misstatement of the crime-fraud-exception standard (filed Apr. 28, 2025)
225/16/20257/11/202540.0Jackson0Tennis30+227114862HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied as mootHusband's Motion to Strike the May 16, 2025 Order as void (entered while disqualification motion pending)
23—7/11/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+227115043CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeSets Case Management Conference for September 3, 2025
24—7/16/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+227348738CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeOrder after the July 10, 2025 CMC (Husband did not appear); separate orders to issue; CMC reset to Sept. 3, 2025
25—9/3/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+230799274CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeOrder after the Sept. 3, 2025 CMC (Husband did not appear); sets discovery deadlines (written discovery 12/01/2025; expert depositions “by April 1, 2025”); CMC reset to Dec. 9, 2025
26—9/3/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+230799594CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeSets virtual Case Management Conference for December 9, 2025
275/6/20259/4/202587.0Jackson0Tennis30+230810432WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied — without prejudiceWife's Motion to Compel all depositions to be completed before a Special Master (filed May 6, 2025)
28—9/4/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+230815042CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeAmended Order After CMC; revises discovery deadlines (expert depositions corrected to April 1, 2026); proposed temporary-fee orders due Sept. 5, 2025
299/4/20259/4/20250.0Jackson0Tennis30+230821153HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Emergency Motion to Preserve Court Minutes and Orders (record-falsification / judicial-bias allegations)
304/28/20259/4/202593.0Jackson0Tennis30+230833719HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Disqualify Attorney Hal Roen from representing Ana Hofer (conflict of interest / witness coaching / obstruction)
319/4/20259/4/20250.0Jackson0Tennis30+230851678HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied — legally insufficientHusband's Second Verified Motion for Reconsideration and Disqualification
329/2/20259/4/20252.0Jackson0Tennis30+230856389HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion for Determination of Non-Compliance with the July 11, 2025 Order, In-Camera Review, and Sanctions
339/5/20259/8/20251.0Jackson0Tennis30+231101389HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Denied — legally insufficientHusband's Third and Final Motion for Reconsideration and Disqualification (filed Sept. 5, 2025)
3410/4/202510/13/20256.0Jackson0Tennis30+233463125HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Transfer Case to Another Judicial Circuit / for Reassignment (filed Oct. 4, 2025)
3510/4/202510/13/20256.0Jackson0Tennis30+233463723HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ OverruledHusband's Declaration of Constitutional Objection to Judicial Authority, filed in lieu of a financial affidavit; affidavit ordered within 10 days
3610/7/202510/13/20254.0Jackson0Tennis30+233481154WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✓ GrantedWife's Motion to Compel updated financial affidavit and mandatory disclosure (filed Oct. 7, 2025); fees and costs reserved
10/14/2025 · #233772798 · Cross-case marker — in the parallel Trust civil action (Petitioner's Petition for Enforcement of Trust, Case No. 2025-CA-006430-O), the Hon. Michael Deen dismissed the action (order signed October 14, 2025; e-filed October 16, 2025, #233772798), finding the family division had already exercised jurisdiction over the Saith-Seereeram Family Revocable Trust — returning the Trust dispute to Judge Jackson's division. Notably, Judge Deen had himself previously presided over this very dissolution (Div. 31, Aug. 2024–Jan. 2025), and the underlying Trust conduct — the March 5, 2024 injunction — predated his tenure; he nonetheless routed the dispute back to the family division. With probate dismissed, the family forum orphaned, the Sixth DCA's prohibition denials, and the Florida Bar's closures, this marks the exhaustion of the Petitioner's state-forum options on the Trust (see Prima Facie, Predicate 31, § 31.12).
37—12/9/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+237304841CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeSets Case Management Conference for February 9, 2026
3810/24/202512/9/202532.0Jackson0Tennis30+237349387HusbandRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedHusband's Motion to Vacate Orders entered while the Circuit Court's jurisdiction was divested by the pending appeal
3910/30/202512/9/202528.0Jackson0Tennis30+237349564WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedWife's Motion to Strike Husband's response to a motion for contempt (filed Oct. 30, 2025)
4012/3/202512/9/20254.0Jackson0Tennis30+237349675WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ DeniedWife's Motion for Clarification of the September 3, 2025 CMC order (filed Dec. 3, 2025)
41—12/9/2025—Jackson0Tennis30+237351682CourtRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		AdministrativeOrder After CMC (Husband did not appear); fee order to issue; CMC reset to February 9, 2026
AFTER DECEMBER 9, 2025 — SEVEN MONTHS OF SILENCE, THEN TWO ORDERS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS
December 9, 2025 was the last order of record for over seven months. A Case Management Conference was held February 9, 2026 — minutes only; no written order entered (the Petitioner’s summary-judgment motion was orally denied that day for “material issues of fact”). No further order issued until July 20, 2026 — 159 business days after the last order and at ~10:48 p.m., the night before the Respondent’s July 21 hearing — when the Court entered the written MSJ denial below (the first and only order in the gap). The written order denies for “failure to appear,” not the “material issues of fact” stated orally on Feb 9.
4210/24/202507/20/2026191.0Jackson0Tennis30+252873932HusbandRoen
Rabinowitz dropped		✗ Denied — Petitioner’s MSJ on the non-marital status of the Trust denied for “failure to appear”; no finding of a genuine issue of material factOrder Denying Petitioner’s Motion for Summary Judgment on the Non-Marital Status of the Saith-Seereeram Family Revocable Trust (MSJ filed 10/24/2025, marked “NO HEARING REQUESTED”). Entered 07/20/2026 at 10:48 p.m., ~12 hours before the Respondent’s July 21 hearing; denied solely for the movant’s non-appearance at the Feb 9, 2026 hearing the Respondent had cross-noticed. Lone Jackson order to list Mr. Roen — not Rabinowitz — as Wife’s counsel; the very next order (below) reverts to Rabinowitz.
43—07/21/2026—Jackson0Tennis30+252971622WifeRabinowitz
“Lead” · Roen 2nd		✗ Overruled in part / ✓ sustained in part — Petitioner’s discovery objections mostly OVERRULED; production compelled within 20 daysOrder Overruling in Part and Sustaining in Part Petitioner’s Objections to Discovery (from the July 21, 2026 hearing; e-filed 6:06 p.m.). Overruled objections to Req. 6–8 (Zelle payments from Truist #9752 to a longtime employee/friends) and Req. 12–14 (Vanguard statements #5872, #0112, #5508) — rejecting the “Trust is not marital / not discoverable” objection and ordering production within 20 days; overruled the Rule 1.351 non-party objection as to the Trust accounts (#5872, #5508, IRA #8987) (“already produced” is no bar — Fla. Fam. L. R. P. 12.280(a)); sustained only the vague Req. 17. Petitioner’s request for an MSJ ruling “DENIED as moot… the Court ruled… February 9, 2026” (cf. the July 20 order’s “failure to appear” basis — two accounts of the same ruling). Service block reverts to “Rabinowitz, Lead,” confirming the July 20 order was a lone deviation.
Part I — Judge Tennis (21 orders, Nov 13, 2023 – Aug 15, 2024): The pre-injunction period (Nov 2023 – Feb 2024) was largely agreed or administrative — counsel substitutions, case-management scheduling, a stipulated continuance — with two contested rulings on the Wife’s motions: her motion to consolidate denied (Feb 2), and her motion to join the LLC and the Trust as parties granted the next business day (Feb 21). From the March 5, 2024 Trust injunction forward, every contested motion by the Husband was denied — several within hours, the fastest in 0.11 business day (59 minutes) — until the Court’s own Aug 15 sua sponte disqualification. Granted 3 (the Wife’s join motion, the Trust injunction, and the Court’s own disqualification)  ·  Denied 10  ·  Administrative 8.
Interlude — Judge Deen (Aug 15, 2024 – Jan 7, 2025): no orders issued.
Part II — Judge Jackson (41 orders, May 8 – Dec 9, 2025): Granted 6  ·  Granted in part 1  ·  Denied / Overruled / Reversed 23  ·  Administrative 11. The disqualification motions were denied in 5–9 business days; the Wife’s granted motions were ruled in ~4 business days.
Net result — not a single order gave the Husband substantive relief. The three rulings nominally in his favor were each hollow: a sustained objection to two admission requests (#226981138, procedural only); his objection barring production of the Trust/LLC/entity records (#226986316) was reversed when the Wife’s motion to compel financial disclosure was granted (#233481154); and his one granted motion — production of the Wife’s mental-health evaluation (#227038375) — was never enforced (his non-compliance and sanctions motion #230856389 was denied). The Husband obtained no substantive relief of any kind.
APPELLATE, SUPREME COURT & FEDERAL ORDERS
Every challenge the Petitioner carried above and beside the trial court — three petitions to the Sixth District Court of Appeal, one invocation of the Florida Supreme Court’s discretionary jurisdiction, and one federal civil-rights action. Each was denied, dismissed, or abstained from — not one reviewing court reached the merits. (The parallel Trust-suit dismissal by Judge Deen, returning the Trust to Judge Jackson’s family division, is shown as a cross-case marker in the Jackson sequence above.)
CourtDate FiledDate of OrderCase No.Filed byDispositionMatter ruled upon
Sixth DCA7/30/20248/5/20246D2024-1575HusbandDismissedPetition for Writ of Certiorari challenging Judge Tennis’s July 2024 denials of the Petitioner’s additional-deposition motions. Dismissed; no merits review.
Sixth DCA5/16/20257/7/20256D2025-1073HusbandDeniedPetition for Writ of Prohibition (first) — Judge Jackson’s continued presiding while a verified motion to disqualify her was pending. Denied.
Sixth DCA9/10/20259/19/20256D2025-2215HusbandDeniedEmergency Petition for Writ of Prohibition (second) re: Judge Jackson. Denied by unelaborated order — no written opinion.
Fla. Supreme Court9/22/20259/25/2025SC2025-1480HusbandDismissedNotice invoking the Court’s discretionary jurisdiction to review the 6D2025-2215 decision. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction — under Jenkins v. State, 385 So.2d 1356 (Fla. 1980), an unelaborated, no-opinion DCA decision furnishes no basis for Supreme Court review. The denial of review was therefore structural, not on the merits.
U.S. District Court
M.D. Fla. (Orlando)		—4/1/20266:25-cv-01734HusbandDismissedCivil-rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 naming the presiding judge. Dismissed without prejudice on Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971) abstention — the federal court declining to intervene while the state dissolution remained pending. Now on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (No. 26-11103), where the matter remains live.
All state-court avenues exhausted. Three appellate petitions (one certiorari, two prohibition), one Supreme-Court invocation, and the parallel Trust-suit dismissal (Judge Deen, above) — every one denied, dismissed, or returned, none on the merits. The second prohibition was denied without opinion, which under Jenkins foreclosed Supreme-Court review as a matter of jurisdiction rather than substance. The sole avenue still open is the federal § 1983 appeal at the Eleventh Circuit (No. 26-11103), which remains pending.
Compiled from the dockets of the Sixth District Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida, and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orlando Division). Filing/case numbers are the respective courts’ docket numbers.
Compiled from the Orange County Clerk of Court e-filing record for Case No. 2023-DR-004193-O. “Date Filed” is the filing date of the underlying motion (from the order’s own recital); “Date of Order” is the order’s entry date; “Elapsed” counts only business hours (8 a.m.–5 p.m., Mon–Fri). Exact clock times shown for the Tennis orders whose timestamps are of record; a dash denotes a court-initiated (sua sponte) or administrative order with no underlying motion. Filing numbers are the Florida E-Filing Portal numbers.  †“Yrs” is years of family-law practice, as attorney or judge. “Division Head” is the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Family Court Division (Orange County) — the Hon. Diana M. Tennis — per Ninth Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 2025-14 (also the family administrative judge in 2023–24).