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INCAMER...1
REVfEWWITHCOlJNSEL
was
tiled
l
regardingthepublicdisclosureofjailcalls
by
Mr.Zimmermanand
the
publicdisclosureofthestatementofapersonidentifiedas"Witness9,"Insaidorder,thecourtauthorizespublicreleaseofthatinformation.Priortofiling
its
orderregardingthejailcallsandwitness9;thecourthadnotruledonthedefendant'smotionfordisqualification.Thedefendantasksthiscourtto
stay
thiscourt's
July
1.3,2012ordersothatthejailcallsandWitness9'$statementarenotreleased
by
thestate
for
publicdissemination.FloridaRuleofJudicialAdministration2.330(h)providesthat.Prior
factual
orlegalrulingsbyadisqualified
judge
maybereconsideredand
vacated
oramendedbyasuccessorjudgebaseduponamotionforreconsideration,whichmustbefiledwithin20daysoftheorderof
disqualification,
unless
good
causeisshownforreconsiderationorothergrounds
for
reconsiderationexist.Releasingthejailcallsandwitness
9'8
statementpriortoarulingonthe
defendant's
motionfordisqualificationwouldeffectivelydenythedefendanttheopportunityforasuccessor
judge
toreviewsaidordersinceoncetheinformationisreleasedtothepublicshouldthesuccessorjudgereconsiderandvacatethiscourt'sorder,theinformation
will
alreadybeinthe
public
domainandcannotthenberetrieved.Moreover,onceamotionfordisqualificationisfiled,thejudgemustruleonthatmotionbeforerulingonotherpendingmattersinthe
case.
See,Valdes-Paull
v.
Valdes.Fauli,903
So.2d
214(2005),"atria!judgemustfirstruleonamotionfordisqualificationbeforeresolvinganyothermatters.",citingFuster-Esealonav.Wisotsky,781S0201063(Florida2000);Shahv.Harding,839So.2d765(Fla.3
111
DCA2003);Loevingerv.Northrup,624So.2d374(l~la.1
<I
I
Apparently,theorderwassigned
ill
chambers
011
July12,2012butwasn't
filed
withtheclerkuntilthenextday,aterthedefendant'smotiontodisqualifywasfiled.
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