RATNER
v.
CEMONI

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-03-12
No. 17-3858
Roche, J., Orfinger, J., Edwards, J., Eisnaugle, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018)

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Holding

A trial judge errs in denying a motion for disqualification when at least one allegation in the motion is legally sufficient to warrant disqualification.


Headnotes

[1] A motion for disqualification of a judge must be denied only if all allegations are legally insufficient; if at least one allegation is legally sufficient to warrant disq…

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Facts & Procedural History

Petitioner Dara L. Ratner filed a motion for disqualification of the trial judge. The trial judge denied the motion as legally insufficient.…

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Opinion of the Court
Eisnaugle

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

DARA L. RATNER,

Petitioner,

v. Case No. 5D17-3858

SHIRLEY A. CEMONI,

Respondent.

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Opinion filed March 15, 2018

Petition for Writ of Prohibition, Renee A. Roche, Respondent Judge.

Miguel R. Acosta and Dale T. Gobel, of Gobel Flakes, LLC, Orlando, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey M. Byrd, of Jeffrey M. Byrd, P.A., Orlando, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, Dara L. Ratner, petitions this court for a writ of prohibition after the trial judge denied her motion for disqualification as legally insufficient. While most of Petitioner’s allegations are insufficient to warrant disqualification, we find the final allegation legally sufficient. Accordingly, the trial court erred in denying the motion, and we grant the petition.

PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION GRANTED.

ORFINGER, EDWARDS and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.


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