Dwayne Jay Norton v. Judge Laura Ward, in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Court for County of Hillsborough

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION DWAYNE JAY NORTON, Petitioner, v. Case No.: 8:26-cv-504-JLB-NHA JUDGE LAURA WARD, in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Court for County of Hillsborough, Respondent. ________ _____/ ORDER Before the Court is Petitioner Dwayne Jay Norton’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (Doc. 1). Petitioner asserts claims against Judge Laura Ward, a state circuit court judge in Hillsborough County, Florida, who is presiding over a civil action brought by Petitioner, and against Petitioner’s own privately retained attorney. He asks this…