Pendelton v. State

Petitioners, who are all represented by the same counsel, Michael Gottlieb, seek a writ of prohibition to disqualify the trial judge. We have previously granted petitions to disqualify the same judge, because of her acrimonious relationship -with Gott-lieb when she was an assistant state-wide prosecutor. Walls v. State, 910 So.2d 432 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005), and Suppa v. State, 913 So.2d 1203 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005).

We deny the petitions in Pendelton and Whyte because they were untimely. Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.160(e) requires that a motion to disqualify a trial judge be filed no…