In re Report of the Committee on District Court of Appeal Workload & Jurisdiction-Rule of Judicial Administration 2.036

In this case, we adopt a rule of judicial administration that will help this Court determine the necessity for increasing, decreasing, or redefining appellate districts.1 The new rule is the culmination of the work of the Supreme Court’s Committee on District Court of Appeal Workload and Jurisdiction (Workload and Jurisdiction Committee). The Workload and Jurisdiction Committee consisted of county, circuit and district court judges, a judge of compensation claims, the solicitor general, general counsel to the Governor, private attorneys, an assistant public defender, and the Clerk of this…