Opinion
No. 99-02734
Opinion filed September 10, 1999.
Petition for Writ of Prohibition to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Ralph C. Stoddard, Judge.
Eileen H. Griffin of Griffin, Lansky Associates, Brandon, for Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
Judy Ewing Turner has filed a petition for writ of prohibition seeking review of an order denying a motion for recusal. The circuit court judge denied the motion as legally insufficient, and we agree. The motion to recuse was not supported by separate affidavits. The few facts sworn to by Turner in the motion were conclusory in nature and failed as a matter of law to establish a well-founded fear that she would not receive a fair trial. See Fischer v. Knuck, 497 So.2d 240 (Fla. 1986). Therefore, we deny the petition for writ of prohibition.
Petition denied.
PATTERSON, C.J., and ALTENBERND and NORTHCUTT, JJ., Concur.