Case Name: Michael Douglas McGIBNEY, Petitioner, v. The Honorable C. McFerrin SMITH, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-08-28
Citations: 511 So. 2d 1083
Docket Number: No. 87-1225
Parties: Michael Douglas McGIBNEY, Petitioner, v. The Honorable C. McFerrin SMITH, Respondent.
Judges: DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 1083–1084

Head Matter:
Michael Douglas McGIBNEY, Petitioner, v. The Honorable C. McFerrin SMITH, Respondent.
No. 87-1225.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 28, 1987.
Gordon H. Savage, Jr., Leesburg, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Arden M. Siegendorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
UPCHURCH, Chief Judge.
This cause is before this court on a petition for writ of prohibition occasioned by the refusal of the respondent, Judge Smith, to recuse himself after a motion for disqualification was filed. This court ordered a response. Counsel for Judge Smith devoted considerable time and effort to the preparation of a detailed and thoroughly researched brief on the law of disqualification.
Judge Smith argues that the allegations of the motion were insufficient to require disqualification. We disagree and were the motion otherwise in compliance with section 38.10, Florida Statutes (1985), we would issue the writ.
The motion, however, is legally insufficient in that it fails to include an affidavit as required by the statute. An acknowledgment before a notary public is attached to the motion; however, the petitioner merely acknowledges that he executed the motion, he does not swear that the facts alleged are true.
Writ DENIED.
DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
COWART, J., concurs in part and dissents in part with opinion.