Baptiste v. Johnson

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

This matter is distressing for several reasons. First, prohibition has been sought — a remedy that is so judicially traumatic that just the issuance of an order to show cause effects a stay of the proceedings in the trial court. See Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.100(f). The Supreme Court said in this regard:

In Florida, the courts have consistently determined, in accord with the historical understanding and background of the writ of prohibition, that it is meant to be very narrow in scope, to be employed with great caution and utilized only in emergencies English v.…