Case Name: In re INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE EVELYN M. GOBBIE NO. 83-11
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-09-08
Citations: 437 So. 2d 1109
Docket Number: No. 64052
Parties: In re INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE EVELYN M. GOBBIE NO. 83-11.
Judges: ALDERMAN, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, MCDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 437
Pages: 1109–1109

Head Matter:
In re INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE EVELYN M. GOBBIE NO. 83-11.
No. 64052.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Sept. 8, 1983.
John S. Rawls, General Counsel and Mark Hulsey, Chairman, Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, Tallahassee, for petitioner.
G. Hunter Gibbons, Sarasota, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to article V, section 12, of the Florida Constitution, the Judicial Qualifications Commission has recommended that this Court order the involuntary retirement of Circuit Judge Evelyn M. Gobbie because of a permanent physical disability.
We have determined that the Commission's proceedings complied with all requirements of the Florida Constitution and rules of the Commission. Judge Gobbie has advised the Court that she does not intend to contest the Commission's recommendation. Therefore, she has waived the right to respond to this Court's Order to Show Cause issued August 3, 1983, pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.520(b).
We approve the findings of fact and recommendation of the Commission and, accordingly, the Honorable Evelyn M. Gobbie is hereby retired from service as a circuit judge on the date of the filing of this opinion, by reason of a physical disability of a permanent character which interferes with and prevents the performance of her duties. By reason of this Order of Involuntary Retirement there now exists a vacancy in the Circuit Court for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
No Petition for Rehearing will be entertained by the Court.
ALDERMAN, C.J., and ADKINS, BOYD, OVERTON, MCDONALD, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur.