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Last fall, a Miami-Dade circuit judge initially blocked the college from giving away its deed to the land away until a legal challenge over whether the school’s trustees followed Florida public transparency laws played out in court.—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026 Amid a legal dispute between two Apopka candidates for mayor, a circuit judge in Orange County has set a trial date for July 2027 — more than a year after next month’s municipal elections.—Mike Valente, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026 An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending the 7-foot center’s college eligibility and his season with the Crimson Tide.—Kennington Lloyd Smith Iii, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Another Jefferson County circuit judge, Jessica Green, last year drew local and national criticism after granting shock probation to a 32-year-old man accused of abducting a mother and two children and stabbing the mother during a bank robbery.—Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for circuit judge