Spechler v. Tobin
District Court, S.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
FEDERICO A. MORENO, District Judge.
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is to let it rain.” Rather than heed Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous words, Plaintiff, former Broward County Judge Jay Spechler resigned his judgeship one business day after receiving a letter from Chief Judge Victor Tobin. The letter, which forms the crux of Plaintiffs complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, reassigned Plaintiff to work on a civil traffic docket and indicates that Plaintiff should not return to the central courthouse without permission. See Exh. A…
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