IN RE SLOOP

No. SC05-555.

946 So.2d 1046 (2006)

Inquiry Concerning Judge John R. SLOOP.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauri Waldman Ross of Lauri Waldman Ross, P.A., Miami, FL, Marvin E. Barkin, Interim General Counsel, of Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill and Mullis, P.A., Tampa, FL, The Honorable Thomas B. Freeman, Chairman, Hearing Panel, Tallahassee, FL, and John Beranek, Counsel, Hearing Panel, Ausley and McMullin, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, Petitioner.

The Honorable John R. Sloop, County Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Sanford, FL, and Damon Chase of Chase Freeman, P.A., Lake Mary, FL, for Judge Sloop, Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

This is a judicial disciplinary proceeding concerning Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 12, Fla. Const. Pursuant to our constitutional authority, we remove Judge Sloop from office for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct in three separate incidents, the last resulting in the unjustified and preventable arrests and incarceration of eleven citizens. Having...

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