THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
UPDATE (NO UPDATE):
Updating our readers on the open seat on the 3rd DCA (read below). The Governor was constitutionally required to fill that open seat by May 16 (60 days after receiving a certified list of nominees). Today is Day 66, and still no replacement. This despite emails being sent to General Counsel Axelman, AGC Gustafson (in charge of judicial appointments), and multiple phone calls and messages left for each.
FOUR NEW JUDGES (& MAYBE A FIFTH) COMING TO A COURTROOM NEAR YOU .....
We previously reported to you that there were five open seats to be filled on the bench in Miami-Dade County, including two on the Circuit Court, two on the County Court, and one on the Third District Court of Appeal.
Today, the 11th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) certified its list of nominees to Governor DeSantis for four of those vacancies.
The nominees to replace retiring Circuit Court Judges Jose Rodriguez and Marcia Caballero include ten sitting County Court judges and two private attorneys:
Hon. Rita Cuervo
Hon. Miesha Darrough
Christian Dunham
Hon. Alicia Garcia Priovolos
Hon. Christopher Green
Hon. Chiaka Ihekwaba
Hon. Jennifer Tautman Levin
Hon. Natalie Moore
Hon. Stephanie Silver
Hon. Eleane Sosa-Bruzon
Hon. Michelle Urbistondo
As for the two County Court vacancies, I fully expect handwritten thank-you notes from all twelve nominees, thanking Captain Justice for creating these openings in the first place.
My loyal readers will recall that Governor DeSantis and his General Counsel’s Office somehow managed to “overlook” these vacancies for more than seven months after Judges Yara Klukas and Jason Reding Quinones submitted their resignations. Apparently, nobody in Tallahassee remembered that the Florida Constitution actually requires the appointment process to begin promptly after a judicial resignation.
Only after Captain Justice emailed General Counsel David Axelman and pointed out the obvious constitutional problem did the Governor — on the very same day as my email — finally initiate the process to replace both judges.
Amazing how that works.
The nominees for the County Court vacancies include:
Johanna Benedi
Natalie Costea
Christian Dunham
Aaron Feuer
Kimberly Hillery
Scott Janowitz
Yvette Lavelle
Gustavo Losa
Jeffrey Pierce
Patricia Salman
Alexander Shear
Governor DeSantis now has 60 days to make four judicial appointments.
THIRD DCA
Meanwhile, over at the Third District Court of Appeal, the Governor’s Office continues its troubling pattern of treating constitutional deadlines as if they were merely “suggestions.”
The Third DCA JNC certified six nominees to Governor DeSantis on March 17 to replace Judge Kevin Emas. Article V, Section 11(c) of the Florida Constitution could not be more clear:
“The governor shall make the appointment within sixty days after the nominations have been certified to the governor.”
The 60-day deadline expired on May 16. Since that fell on a Saturday, the appointment should have been announced no later than Monday, May 18.
Today is Day 64.
Still no appointment.
Captain Justice sent yet another email today to General Counsel David Axelman asking why the Governor’s Office continues to ignore the constitutional deadline.
If Mr. Axelman actually responds this time — which would itself qualify as breaking news — I will certainly update our readers.
For the record, I never received so much as a courtesy response to my prior emails or telephone calls to his office.
Captain4Justice@gmail.com
20 comments:
TEAM CHRISTIAN! GO CD GO! RUN CD RUN! WIN CD WIN
Thank you for all you do Captain. You keep the authorities accountable.
I wish that the Captain was going to apply for a judge vacancy. We all would support you.
Christian Dunham will be an excellent judge. I think DeSantis thinks he would be easy on crime because of his background but nothing could be further from the truth. He would be fair to all sides. He’s highly qualified to say the least and should be a judge.
If you decide to run I will have a fundraiser for u.
Corrupted SAO win at all cost
Rump how many days until you shut this blog off?
Don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back, Sparky.
What is this constitution you speak of? L'État, c'est moi.
I hate them all
Whistle blowers coming forward
Who’s them?
team CD
CD will be a great judge!
Urbistondo is a gem. She will make an excellent circuit court judge.
Rank the shadiest ASA’s current
SAO whistle blower expose the corruption
Rump - why is Nvidia not climbing up after a great earnings report?
I like RitaMaria Cuervo. He's kind, courteous, listens well and does the job with honor.
Are you high?
Rumpole is quiet because he and his family are traveling out to his huge second home right on Donner Lake in Truckee in the High Sierras. He must be writing his sentencing brief for his high paying client wrongfully convicted in the Southern District of New York.
Have an Eclipse Stout from FiftyFifty Brewery on us Sir.
Have you eaten at Trokay? It’s Michelin level delicious!!
Well deserved Sir. Well deserved.
I said that RitaMaria Cuervo was a "he." Sorry, my mistake. She is a rather nice and decent she.
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