--- title: "John Leonard Badalamenti | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-leonard-badalamenti" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # John Leonard Badalamenti 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: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, M.D. Florida, FL, 2020-present - American federal judge serving as a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida since June 4, 2020 - Judge, Florida Second District Court of Appeal, FL, 2015-2020 - Public Service: Assistant Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Florida (2006–2015) Judge, Florida Second District Court of Appeal (2015–2020) - Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defenders Office, Middle District of Florida, FL, 2008-2015 - Law Clerk to the Hon. Paul H. Roney, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2003-2006 - Law Clerk and Staff Attorney to the Hon. Frank M. Hull, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2000-2001 - Honors Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Southeastern Regional Counsel's Office, ?-present - Badalamenti serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, teaching an originalism seminar ### Education - University of Florida — J.D. (1999) - Sociology — University of Florida — 1999 ### Additional information - Research and Writing Specialist, Federal Public Defenders Office, Middle District of Florida, FL, 2006-2008 - Practitioner, Private practice, Tampa, FL, 2001-2002 - Professional, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, GA, 1999-2000 - Criminology and Law, highest honors — University of Florida — 1995 - Born August 22, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York. - Date of birth: 1973-01-01 - Counsel of record and presented oral argument in Yates v. - He remains active in legal scholarship and professional organizations - Birth place: Brooklyn, New York, NY ## 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/8368391) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8368391) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/8368391) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15318/john-leonard-badalamenti/) - [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/15318/john-leonard-badalamenti/) - [Wikidata: John L. Badalamenti](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79488762) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-leonard-badalamenti", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/john-leonard-badalamenti", "name": "John Leonard Badalamenti | KnowJudges", "description": "John Leonard Badalamenti, 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.