United States District Court Northern District of Florida

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida serves the residents of twenty-three counties. These are 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 counties. The four courthouses in which it hears cases are Gainesville, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee.

United States District Court Middle District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves the residents of thirty-five counties from eight courthouses. The counties are: 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 counties. It holds court in Fernandina, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Live Oak, Ocala, Orlando, St. Petersburg, and Tampa.

United States District Court Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (S.D.Fl.) is the federal district court covering the southern part of the state of Florida. The court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Broward, Dade, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie. It has jurisdiction over the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Miami and West Palm Beach. The district comprises 15,197 square miles and approximately 6.3 million people. The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney for the district is R. Alexander Acosta.

Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (often referred to operationally as the BOP) is a Federal law enforcement agency subdivision of the United States Department of Justice, and is responsible for the administration of the federal prison system.

Florida Department of Corrections

The Florida Department of Corrections (DC) is the third largest state prison system in the country with a budget of $2.3 billion, almost 94,000 inmates incarcerated and another 153,000 offenders on some type of community supervision. The DC has 137 facilities statewide, including 60 prisons, 41 work/forestry camps, one treatment center, 30 work release centers and five road prisons. About three quarters of its staff of more than 27,000 employees are either certified correctional officers or probation officers. The average DC employee is 41 years old and has been with the agency for almost nine years. There was a single prison escape from a major prison last fiscal year, by an inmate who fled while being transported, but he was recaptured.

Miami Dade County Clerk of Courts

The Miami-Dade County Clerk's Office Criminal Court is comprised of two levels of operations: Circuit Criminal and County Criminal. County Criminal maintains the records of all misdemeanor arrests, certain civil infractions (boating and animal violations) and municipal ordinance violations and is part of the Traffic/Misdemeanor Division. Circuit Criminal, conversely, receives and processes all felony affidavits of probable cause, grand jury indictments and arrest warrants. This section conducts two felony bond hearings daily via a video transmission between the courtroom and pre-trial detention center. Special felony drug court bond hearings also occur daily; during these hearings, the defendant is given the opportunity to enter a special drug rehabilitation program instead of going to trial.

Alfredo A. Izaguirre, P.A.
Attorney At Law
338 Minorca Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134-4304
Phone: 305-442-0425
Mobile: 305-338-6988
Fax: 305-442-0429
Email: alfredo@izaguirrelaw.com

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