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Beverly J. HALL, Petitioner, v. Judge E. Vernon DOUGLAS, as Circuit Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit and Thomas S. Tramel, III, as Sheriff of Columbia County, Respondents.
    No. 92-311.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    May 15, 1992.
    David C. Braun, Lake City, for petitioner.
    W. Roderick Bowdoin of Darby, Peele, Bowdoin & Payne, Lake City, for respondent Thomas S. Tramel, III, as Sheriff of Columbia County.
    No appearance for respondent E. Vernon Douglas.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of prohibition is granted. See Stewart v. Douglas, 597 So.2d 381 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992). Accordingly, the trial judge should disqualify himself from the proceedings in this case. The chief judge of the Third Judicial Circuit shall assign another judge within the circuit to preside over further proceedings.

JOANOS, C.J., and BOOTH and WOLF, JJ., concur.