Patrone v. City of Orlando

Full title: ANDRE PATRONE, Plaintiff, v. THE CITY OF ORLANDO, NAHOUM DANIEL, UNIVERSAL…

Court: United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division

Date published: Jan 4, 2010

Case No. 6:08-cv-1686-Orl-31KRS (M.D. Fla. Jan. 4, 2010)

Opinion

Case No. 6:08-cv-1686-Orl-31KRS.

January 4, 2010

ORDER

GREGORY PRESNELL, District Judge

During the past year, the City of Orlando has moved to recuse the undersigned in several cases involving claims of excessive use of force by the Orlando Police Department. The recusal motions are based on an incident involving my youngest son many years ago. The City, however, has not been consistent in this regard, and no such motion has been filed in the instant case, among others.

This is an issue that requires consistency. If the City continues to question my impartiality, it should so advise the Court, and I will automatically recuse myself from all matters in which the Orlando Police Department is a party. However, the City may not pick and choose, seeking my recusal in some such matters but not others. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the City shall state in writing by way of a pleading filed on or before January 18, 2010 whether it wishes the undersigned to be recused from all cases in which the Orlando Police Department is a party. DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida.