Opinion
No. 2D14–4856.
11-07-2014
ETHOS DEVELOPMENT, LLC and Reza Yazdani, Appellant/Petitioner(s), v. JKF ENTERPRISES, LLC, Appellee/Respondent(s).
Opinion
BY ORDER OF THE COURT.
Petitioner's petition for a writ prohibiting Judge Thomas Minkoff from presiding further in circuit court case number 11–10453 is granted as the circuit court's comments on the validity of the grounds of the motion to disqualify created an independent basis for disqualification. See Fla. R. of Jud. Admin. 2.330(f) ; J & J Industries, Inc. v. Carpet Showcase of Tampa Bay, Inc., 723 So.2d 281, 283 (Fla. 2d DCA 1998). Accordingly, a successor judge shall be immediately appointed pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215(b)(4).
CASANUEVA, KELLY, and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.