Klapper-Barrett v. Nurell

The petitioner, Sheila Klapper-Barrett, seeks a writ of prohibition against Circuit Judge James C. Hauser to disqualify him from presiding over any post-judgment matters in her dissolution action in Orange County, Florida. She alleges that the proceedings in that action were “long, arduous and extremely bitter.” The allegations in support of the petition, which were contained in her verified motion for recusal, are as follows:

During the dissolution proceedings, Judge Hauser made an unsolicited telephone call to the Petitioner at her home in the evening and insisted on discussing the…