Frederick J. Keitel, III, FJK Properties, Inc., and FJK IV Properties, Inc. v. Thomas D. Agostino, Sr.

This is a petition for writ of prohibition following a judge’s denial of a motion to disqualify her from presiding over a civil case after petitioners set the judge for a deposition to gather information to support their motion for recusal. We conclude that the motion to recuse and its supporting documents were not legally sufficient and deny the petition.

We state the allegations of the petition without any finding as to their veracity. There are several related cases between the parties pending in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. Three cases were in front of Judge Cox; another was in front of…