The Honorable John E. Steele
United States District Judge

Ft. Myers Division

2110 First Street
Suite #6-109
Fort Myers, Florida
33901

TEL: 239-461-2140
FAX: 239-461-2149

NOTE: Judge Steele has reformed his Case Management Form available below. Please replace saved versions with the file.

Biography:

On July 28, 2000, Judge John E. Steele was sworn in as a United States District Judge in the Fort Myers Division of the Middle District of Florida. Prior to this appointment, Judge Steele served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Jacksonville Division of the Middle District of Florida from 1991 to 2000.

Judge Steele started his career in the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney after receiving his Juris Doctor from University of Detroit Law School in 1973. In 1980, Judge Steele worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Grand Rapids, Michigan U.S. Attorney’s Office, until his transfer to the State of Florida. From 1981 to 1988, Judge Steele continued to work as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Jacksonville, Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office. After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Steele worked in the litigation department for Mahoney Adams & Criser and served as Chairman of the Litigation Department from 1989 through 1991, when his judicial service commenced. Judge Steele is a member of the Michigan and Florida State Bars.

Chambers Staff:
Radhika Rivera Career Law Clerk (civil cases)	Shawna Castells Law Clerk	Anthony A. Arsali Law Clerk
Jeffrey G. Thomas Court Reporter 239-461-2033	Brenda M. Alexander Courtroom Deputy (trial scheduling matters and criminal cases) 239-461-2037 brenda_m_alexander@flmd.uscourts.gov

Case & Trial Management Forms

No proposed order shall be submitted unless authorized by the Court. If authorized, a proposed order shall be submitted as follows:

• An electronically submitted proposed order shall not be combined with the motion into one document. The proposed order must be submitted by e-mail and refer to the document number of the motion.
• Any proposed order must be submitted in a format compatible with WordPerfect. The Judge will not accept a proposed order in .pdf format.

The following e-mail address is to be used only to submit proposed orders:

Chambers_FLMD_Steele@flmd.uscourts.gov

Judge  Steele's forms are available in read only Adobe format and WordPerfect  format.  Please click on the Adobe link to view the form or click on the  WordPerfect link to download a working document.

	Public Notice  Re: Service To Persons With Communications Disabilities - Revised 1/7/2011
	Middle District Discovery Manual	Adobe
	Case Management Report provided in WordPerfect® keyboard merge format	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Exhibit List	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Court’s Exhibit	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Plaintiff’s Exhibit - Print on Blue paper	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Defendant’s Exhibit - Print on Yellow paper	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Government’s Exhibit - Print on Blue paper	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Joint Exhibit - Print on Green paper	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Magistrate Consent Form	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Pendency	Adobe	WordPerfect
	Interested Persons Order - Civil	Adobe	WordPerfect

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