--- title: "John Antoon II | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-antoon-ii" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # John Antoon II U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida - State: Florida - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, serving since June 3, 2013, after a career that spans federal, state, and private legal service - Federal Judge, U.S. District Court, M.D. Florida (2000–2013) - Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, 1995-2000 - Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, 5th District (1995–2000) - Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 1985-1995 - Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, 18th Circuit (1985–1995) - Assistant public defender, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, FL, 1972-1976 ### Education - University of Virginia School of Law — LL.M. (2001) - Florida Institute of Technology — M.S. (1993) - Florida State University College of Law — J.D. (1971) - Florida Southern College — B.A. (1968) ### Additional information - Nominated: February 9, 2000, by President Bill Clinton to replace Judge G. Kendall Sharp - Practitioner, 1994-1994 - Private practice, 1971-1984 - Prosecutor, Cocoa, FL, 1971-1972 - Date of birth: 1946-01-01 - Birth place: Bakersfield, CA ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391121) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391121) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1391121) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/116/john-antoon-ii/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/116/john-antoon-ii/) - [Wikidata: John Antoon II](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6219234) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-antoon-ii", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-antoon-ii", "name": "John Antoon II | KnowJudges", "description": "John Antoon II, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.