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# Renatha Francis

Supreme Court of Florida · Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Florida
- State: Florida
- Role: Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Renatha Sian Francis is the 92nd Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on August 5, 2022

### Education


### Additional information

- In 2020, she was nominated for a Supreme Court vacancy and appointed in 2022
- Renatha Francis DeSantis first appointed Francis to the supreme court on May 26, 2020.
- Notable fact: Had she been appointed in 2020, she would have been the first non-Cuban Caribbean-American on any U.S. state supreme court
- Born November 23, 1977, in Portmore, Jamaica.
- St Hugh's High School
- Francis was raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where she worked in small businesses while studying.
- Birth place: Jamaica

## 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

### media and still photography

Scope: statewide

Electronic media and still-photography coverage is allowed in Florida public trial and appellate proceedings under Rule 2.450's equipment and conduct standards, always subject to the presiding judge's control of decorum, distractions, and fair administration.

Evidence excerpt: Subject at all times to the authority of the presiding judge to: (i) control the conduct of proceedings before the court; (ii) ensure decorum and prevent distractions; and (iii) ensure the fair administration of justice in the pending cause, electronic media and still photography coverage of public judicial proceedings in the appellate and trial courts of this state shall be allowed

[Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2490838/opinion/Opinion_SC2026-0142.pdf)
- [Official roster](https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2490838/opinion/Opinion_SC2026-0142.pdf)
- [Supreme Court of Florida official judicial roster](https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2490838/opinion/Opinion_SC2026-0142.pdf)
- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450)
- [Official biography source for Renatha Francis](https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/the-court/about-the-court/justices/justice-renatha-francis)
- [Renatha Francis](https://ballotpedia.org/Renatha_Francis)
- [Wikidata: Renatha Francis](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95579483)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration 2.450, Media and Still Photography Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-f9444c394a89ab9f4ffde994) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://ninthcircuit.org/florida-rule-judicial-administration-2450). Collected 2026-07-26.