State ex rel. Metsch v. Traeger

Petitioners Lawrence R. Metsch and Daniel L. Metsch seek a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court judge from presiding over the case subsequent to the judge’s appointment to serve as a referee in a disciplinary action before the Florida Bar and filed against respondent Pamela Traeger’s counsel below. We deny the petition. Canon 3(E)(1), Florida Code of Judicial Conduct, requires that a judge disqualify himself or herself in a proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned. See Tower Group, Inc. v. Doral Enters. Joint Ventures, 760 So.2d 256 (Fla. 3d DCA…