RICKY SWEET
v.
ALICIA MONIQUE TUCKER

Fla. 1st DCA | 2019-01-07
No. 18-0356
Crawford Martin
260 So. 3d 1191 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2019)

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Holding

When a trial judge becomes aware of grounds for recusal at or before a hearing but issues a substantive order after that awareness, the order must be vacated and the matter remanded for a new hearing before an impartial judge.


Headnotes

[1] When a trial judge becomes aware of grounds for recusal prior to or during a hearing on a motion, any substantive order issued by that judge must be vacated and the matte…

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“may well have known of the grounds for the recusal order when he entered the order”

Court quoting Lance Block standard for when a judge issues an order while aware of recusal grounds

Facts & Procedural History

The trial court issued an order of recusal on December 20, 2017, and then issued an order denying Appellant's motion to dissolve an injunction. The ju…

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Opinion of the Court

January 7, 2019 B.L. THOMAS, C.J. On December 20, 2017, the trial court issued an order of recusal in Appellant’s case, and subsequently issued an order denying Appellant’s motion to dissolve injunction, without prejudice to refile.

In the order of recusal, the judge indicated that he was aware of the grounds for recusal at the hearing on Appellant’s motion, but still issued the order denying Appellant’s motion after the hearing. We therefore vacate the order denying Appellant’s motion to dissolve injunction and remand to the trial court for a new hearing on the motion. See Lance Block, P.A. v. Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley, P.A., 85 So. 3d 1122, 1124 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (vacating order and remanding where trial judge “may well have known of the grounds for the recusal order when he entered the order” at issue) (footnote removed).

WETHERELL and WINSOR, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Ricky Sweet, pro se, Appellant. No appearance for Appellee.


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