Legal Opinion
Baez v. Flanders
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 20, 2017No. S17A0099PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
Roberto Baez attempted to file a petition in the Superior Court of Johnson County against Chief Judge H. Gibbs Flanders, Jr.,1 but Judge Flanders determined that the petition failed to present any serious claim, and so, he ordered that it not be filed.2 Baez appeals,3 and we vacate the order that disallowed filing and remand for a *764different judge to review the petition and determine whether filing ought to be allowed. “[N]o man can be a judge in his own case,” Williams v. Pennsylvania, _ U. S. _ ,_ (II) (A) (136 SCt 1899, 195 LE2d 132) (2016) (citation and punctuation…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Brown v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Graham v. CavenderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Smith v. Guest Pond Club, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- georgiacarry.org, Inc. v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
3Cited by2 opinions
- Baez v. Flanders, Chief JudgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
- Larry G. Gladden v. A. Wallace CatoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019