Case Name: Ramon O'FARRILL, Petitioner, v. Honorable Leslie B. ROTHENBERG, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1994-05-03
Citations: 635 So. 2d 1075
Docket Number: No. 93-2582
Parties: Ramon O’FARRILL, Petitioner, v. Honorable Leslie B. ROTHENBERG, Respondent.
Judges: Before COPE, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 635
Pages: 1075–1078

Head Matter:
Ramon O’FARRILL, Petitioner, v. Honorable Leslie B. ROTHENBERG, Respondent.
No. 93-2582.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 3, 1994.
Thornton, Rothman & Ernas and John W. Thornton, Jr., Miami, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Angelica D. Zayas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Before COPE, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The motion for disqualification filed below by the petitioner, Ramon O'Farrill, was legally sufficient. The facts alleged in the motion would place a reasonably prudent person in fear of not receiving a fair and impartial trial. MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So.2d 1332 (Fla.1990); Hayslip v. Douglas, 400 So.2d 553 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981). Accordingly, the writ of prohibition is granted and the respondent is prohibited from presiding over this cause.
GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ., concur.