CASTRO v. LUCE

No. 94-03820.

650 So.2d 1067 (1995)

Ann Elaine CASTRO, Petitioner, v. Honorable Richard A. LUCE, as Circuit Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Merkle, David J. Plante, and Dawn Weiger O'Neill, of Merkle & Magri, P.A., Tampa, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The petitioner, Ann Elaine Castro, seeks a writ of prohibition to review an order denying disqualification of the judge assigned to hear an indirect criminal contempt proceeding. That judge was assigned to hear the case by the same judge who initiated the proceeding. Because the proceeding involves allegations of disrespect or criticism of the initial judge, Ms. Castro was entitled to have the successor judge designated by the Chief Justice of The...

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