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MEDIA 9/14

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DAILY BUSINESS REVIEWDefeated Broward judge seeks emergency hearing in election"Defeated Broward Circuit Judge Pedro Dijols wants to have a judge from outside the county hear his lawsuit seeking a place on the November ballot by booting second-place primary finisher Mardi Anne Levey. Dijols fears he can?t get a fair trial because he is suing to remove a colleague?s wife from the ballot, Dijols said in a motion Wednesday...The case was initially assigned to Judge Cheryl Aleman, who recused herself Tuesday. The case was transferred along with the motion to Judge Ronald Rothschild."Regional Office of Conflict and Civil Counsel unable to avoid 29,000 additional casesAppellate court stops public defender from opting out of cases"The 3rd District Court of Appeals has granted an emergency stay to ward off an order that would have allowed the Miami-Dade public defender's office to opt out of as many as 29,000 cases a year...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 14, 2008 (boomark / email).