Samuels v. Franz

This is another petition for writ of certiora-ri or prohibition in a series of cases involving disqualification of a judge.1 In Spaziano v. Gleason, 618 So.2d 736 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992), we denied the writ because the attorney filed it on behalf of his client rather than himself. In this petition, however, the attorney contests the order of recusal which imposes what might appear to be a sanction against him. We have jurisdiction2 and deny certio-rari relief.

In this lawsuit, as in Spaziano, attorney Rolando G. Guerra filed a motion for disqualification on behalf of his client. The motion was…