Jay Goodley v. Charles M. Greene

Preface A Florida state circuit court judge was automatically disqualified Z>y7awimmediately upon a case being assigned to him by an Order ofRecusal. The Plaintiff was a litigant in the case. Upon the Defendant’s recusal the case was reassigned to cm other judge by the clerk of the court. After the judge reassignment the Defendant reversed his recusal by entering an order he titled Amended Order ofRecusal. He then used this Amended Order of Recusal as a conduit for approximately two years to fully reengage in the very case in which he was recused from hv taking the following actions; changing laws, holding hearings, entering orders and conferring with otherjudges in the case. Questions

1. Whether a person can be treated equally under the law when a judge is changing the law?

2. Whether it is a normal judicial function for a judge who is automatically disqualified by law, via a court order and with that case having been reassigned to another judge by the clerk of the court, to then be changing laws, holding hearings, entering orders and conferring with other judges in the very case he/she was recused from?

3. Whether a judge is still operating in a “judicial capacity” when presiding in a case afterhelshe has been disqualified from that case and with that case having been reassigned to a new presiding judge? (0