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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

DESANTIS APPOINTS FOUR NEW JUDGES .......

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

UPDATE:

Today, the Daily Business Review (Law.com) ran its story on the appointment of the four new judges. Contained within that DBR story, written by reporter Annie Mayne, she wrote as follows:

DeSantis Appoints 4 Judges to Miami-Dade Benches

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis named two judges to the Miami-Dade Circuit Court and two judges to the Miami-Dade County Court.

July 22, 2026 at 11:38 AM

By Annie Mayne

.... "Benedi and Losa will take seats emptied by former Judges Jason Reding Quiñones and Yara Klukas. Quiñones was sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in August 2025 and Klukas took her oath as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in September.

The governor’s office has declined to comment on the months-long gap between the time Quiñones and Klukas resigned and when DeSantis convened the 11th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to interview applicants to replace them. That more-than-seven-month-long delay was first reported by the Justice Building blog." (The story provided a hyperlink to the Captain Justice story posted on April 7th).


WE HAVE FOUR NEW JUDGES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Today, on the final day of the 60-day constitutional deadline for filling judicial vacancies, Governor DeSantis finally complied with the Florida Constitution and appointed four new judges to the Miami-Dade bench.

CIRCUIT COURT

The Circuit Court welcomes two new judges, replacing retired Judges Jose Rodriguez and Marcia Caballero.

JUDGE ALICIA GARCIA PRIOVOLOS has served on the Miami-Dade County Court for the past three and a half years. She was elected to the bench in 2022, defeating incumbent Judge Scott Janowitz with nearly 60% of the vote. Before taking the bench, she spent sixteen years as an Assistant State Attorney.

JUDGE CHRISTOPHER GREEN was appointed to the County Court by Governor DeSantis in December 2022 and was elected without opposition in 2024. Judge Green began his legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in Miami, where he served for six years. He then spent twenty-three years as an attorney for the City of Miami before joining the judiciary.

COUNTY COURT

The County Court also gains two new judges, filling the vacancies created when Judges Jason Reding Quinones and Yara Klukas resigned in August and September 2025, respectively.

JUDGE GUSTAVO LOSA has been a member of The Florida Bar for twenty-one years. Prior to his appointment, he served as Associate General Counsel for Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company.

JUDGE JOHANNA BENEDI has been a member of The Florida Bar for nineteen years. Before her appointment, she practiced with Farmers Insurance, defending Personal Injury Protection (PIP) cases. Captain Justice also believes she previously served as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami.

Our loyal readers will recall that the appointment process for these two County Court vacancies sat dormant for approximately seven months after Judges Quinones and Klukas resigned. It took an email from Captain Justice to the Governor's General Counsel's Office to get things moving.

Remarkably, within an hour of receiving the Captain's email, the Governor's General Counsel contacted the Governor, and—faster than you can say "Get 'Er Done"—letters accepting the resignations of Judges Quinones and Klukas were issued, finally allowing the Judicial Nominating Commission to begin the constitutional appointment process.

Here are the links to our previous Blog posts on this saga: from April 7th, and from April 15th.

A PERSONAL NOTE...

Dear Judges Losa and Benedi:

You may send your thank-you notes to The Captain at Captain4Justice@gmail.com.

You're welcome.

And, in all seriousness, congratulations to all four of our newest judges. We wish each of you a long, successful, and distinguished judicial career.


CAPTAIN OUT …….
Captain4Justice@gmail.com

 

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

SO, YOU WANT TO BE A JUDGE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY .......

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:

Natalie Costea
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: 

Shawn Abuhoff
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.

CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com


Tuesday, May 05, 2026

FOUR NEW JUDGES IN MIAMI-DADE ... & FIVE MORE STILL TO BE NAMED

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

YOUR FOUR NEWEST MIAMI-DADE COURT JUDGES ARE:

CIRCUIT COURT

Judge Elizabeth Espinosa. A former ASA, she was appointed by DeSantis to the County Court in December 2019. She won election in 2022.

Judge Jorge Perez Santiago. He was appointed by DeSantis to the County Court in May 2023. He won election in 2024.

COUNTY COURT

Michelle Roth. A former ASA, she was in private practice. She has been a member of The Florida Bar since 1995.

Andrew McGinley. A former AAG, he was serving as the General Counsel for the Department of Children & Families. He has been a member of The Florida Bar since December 2018.

All four were appointed to newly created judicial seats under SB 2508.

SO, YOU STILL WANT TO BE A JUDGE .....

There are four more open seats, including two on the Circuit Court by virtue of the retirements of Judge Jose Rodriguez and Judge Marcia Caballero, and two more open seats on the County Court. 

And yes—those County Court openings come with a backstory.

As previously reported, Judges Jason Reding Quinones and Yara Klukas resigned last summer to assume leadership roles with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami. Under the Florida Constitution, that should have triggered the appointment process within 30 days.

It didn’t.

Eight months later—after a few well-placed nudges from Captain Justice to General Counsel David Axelman—the Governor’s Office finally accepted the resignations and directed the JNC to begin the process.

Better late than never… but eight months late is still eight months late.

To read our two previous posts about the fiasco, go here and here.

THE APPLICANT POOL:

CIRCUIT (10)

Judge Miesha Darraugh
Judge Eleana Sosa-Bruzon
Judge Rita Cuervo
Judge Chiaka Ihekwaba
Judge Alicia Garcia Priovolos
Judge Stephanie Silver
Judge Michelle Urbistondo
Judge Christopher Green
Judge Jennifer Trautman Levin
Judge Natalie Moore

CIRCUIT & COUNTY (7)

Annette Strauch
Natalia Costea
Christian Dunham
Alexander Shear
Aaron Feuer
Scott Janowitz
Jose Martinez

COUNTY (9)

Patricia Salman
Kimberly Hillery
Gustavo Losa
Johanna Benedi
Ivette Lavelle
Madeline D’Arce
Jeffrey Pierce
Shawn Abuhoff
Lillian Gonzalez

HAVE A VIEW? SAY IT.

If you have thoughts about any of the applicants, direct them to JNC Chair Eliot Pedrosa at epedrosa@jonesday.com.

Interviews are scheduled for May 19, 2026, after which the JNC will submit three to six nominees per vacancy to the Governor.

THIRD DCA 

Governor DeSantis is expected to name Judge Kevin Emas' replacement sometime in the next week.


CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

EIGHT MONTHS OF SILENCE — UNTIL WE ASKED QUESTIONS .....

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

EIGHT MONTHS OF SILENCE — UNTIL WE ASKED QUESTIONS 

Funny how that works ...

On April 7th, we told you that “SOMETHING VERY FISHY IS GOING ON HERE” regarding two vacant County Court seats in Miami-Dade.

We went digging. Public Records Requests (PRRs) went out. And now, the timeline tells the story.

On August 13, 2025, County Court Judge Jason Reding Quinones submitted his resignation to Governor DeSantis, advising that he had been nominated by President Trump to serve as the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

On September 25, 2025, County Court Judge Yara Klukas followed suit, submitting her resignation to accept a position as First Assistant U.S. Attorney—under Quinones.

Two resignations. Two vacancies. Clock starts ticking.

Under the Florida Constitution, the process to fill a judicial vacancy must begin within 30 days.

Instead?

Nothing.

Not 30 days. Not 60. Not 90.

Nearly eight months of radio silence.

No publication of the resignation letters (as is customary).

No request to the Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC).

No applications. No interviews. No nominees.

No replacements.

Just… nothing.

So, on March 25, at precisely 1:38 PM, your Captain Justice sent an email to the Governor’s General Counsel, Ryan Newman, asking a simple question:

Why had the constitutional process never even begun?

Newman has yet to respond.

But here’s where it gets interesting.

Within the hour of that email, Governor DeSantis suddenly sprang into action.

He drafted and signed two letters, (without ever even thanking the Captain).

The first, addressed to “The Honorable Jason Quinones, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida,” stated: “I accept your resignation as Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court.”

Date of the letter?

March 25, 2026.

A small problem: by that date, Quinones had already been serving as the United States Attorney for roughly eight months.

Even better—the letter was sent to a courthouse address… for a judge who hadn’t been a judge in eight months.

DeSantis sent an identical letter to former Judge Klukas—same date, same format, same courthouse address.

At that point, Klukas had already been serving as First Assistant U.S. Attorney for seven months.

Then—still on March 25, shortly after those letters were signed—Deputy General Counsel David Axelman emailed JNC Chair Eliot Pedrosa, directing him to finally convene the Commission to begin the process of filling the two long-vacant seats.

Amazing how that works.

Eight months of inaction… followed by a flurry of activity within hours of one email from Captain Justice asking questions.

Coincidence?

You decide.

As for answers—don’t hold your breath.

I called Axelman. Multiple times. Left messages.

I emailed him. Asked for an explanation.

Nothing. No response. No return calls.

And that, folks, is where we stand.

Two judicial seats sat vacant for the better part of a year.

A constitutional mandate ignored.

And only when someone started asking questions did the machinery of government suddenly come to life.

Draw your own conclusions.


JUDICIAL ELECTIONS – UPDATE …

Two new filings since our posts last week.

Circuit Court – Group 5

Attorney Monica Segura has entered the race, joining Alex Annunziato and Arthur McNeil. Segura is the Senior Managing Associate General Counsel for Universal Property & Casualty and has been a member of The Florida Bar for 20 years.

Interesting note: Segura applied to the JNC in its most recent round, when two Circuit and two County Court seats were open. Out of 32 applicants, she interviewed for both Circuit and County. The JNC ultimately forwarded 24 names to the Governor—Segura’s was not among them. Now she’s taking her case directly to the voters.

County Court – Group 25

Attorney Maribel Diaz has filed against incumbent Judge Luis Perez-Medina. Diaz has been a member of The Florida Bar for 17 years and currently works in the Miami-Dade Tax Collector’s Office.

Keen readers of the Captain will recall last week’s Incumbent Vulnerability Quotient (IVQ), © 2026 rankings. Judge Perez-Medina came in at number three. It appears Ms. Diaz may have been paying attention.


CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com


Tuesday, April 07, 2026

SO, YOU WANT TO BE A JUDGE ..... THEN THANK YOUR CAPTAIN JUSTICE .....

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

SOMETHING VERY FISHY IS GOING ON HERE…

Let’s start with the backstory.

When a judge resigns in the State of Florida, the process for filling that vacancy is governed by the Florida Constitution, Article V (Judiciary), Section 11 (Vacancies), paragraph )(c):

The nominations shall be made within thirty days from the occurrence of a vacancy unless the period is extended by the governor for a time not to exceed thirty days. The governor shall make the appointment within sixty days after the nominations have been certified.”

In practice, the process begins when the Governor receives a judge’s resignation letter. The Governor then directs the local Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) to accept applications, conduct interviews, and submit a list of three to six nominees. Once certified, the Governor has sixty days to make the appointment.

Now, here’s where things get unusual.

Sometime prior to August 2025, two Miami-Dade County Court judges resigned from the bench:

... Judge Jason Reding Quinones, who left after being nominated as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and

... Judge Yara Klukas, who resigned to become First Assistant United States Attorney under Reding Quinones.

Reding Quinones was sworn in on August 18, 2025. Klukas followed on September 26, 2025.

Yet—despite those resignations occurring at least eight months ago, and possibly earlier—neither vacancy was filled.

Your Captain Justice began asking questions.

In March, I sent multiple emails to Ryan Newman, General Counsel to Governor DeSantis, and Eliot Pedrosa, Chair of the Eleventh Circuit JNC. I also checked the Governor’s Judicial Appointments website, where resignation letters are typically posted as a matter of public record.

Nothing.

No resignation letters for either judge.

In seven years of tracking Governor DeSantis’ judicial appointments, I have never seen anything like this. Whether this was a clerical oversight or something more remains unclear.

Here is an abbreviated copy of my email to General Counsel Ryan Newman:

Captain Justice <captain4justice@gmail.com>
Wed, Mar 25, 1:38 PM 
to ryan.newman

Mr. Newman:

I would like to bring your attention to something very unusual regarding the judicial nominating process.

I am writing to inquire about an open seat on the County Court in Miami-Dade County. More than six months ago, County Court Judge Jason Reding Quinones resigned from the bench so he could be appointed as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

There is no record of his resignation letter on the Judicial Appointments website. There is no record of the Governor requesting the 11th Circuit JNC to open the interview process. The JNC here in Miami did not conduct any interviews for the open seat. This is true even though the Florida Constitution requires all of this to happen within thirty days of the resignation. (See Article V, Section 11).

I have been following Governor DeSantis' judicial appointments for the entirety of his two terms. I cannot recall the above situation having happened ever before.

Can you please tell me why the "process" was never begun to replace Judge Reding Quinones? And when you expect the "process" to begin?

Thank you.

Captain Justice

Within an hour of me sending my email, the General Counsel’s office for Governor DeSantis sent a letter to the Chair of the JNC for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Eliot Pedrosa:

Office of the Governor
THE CAPITOL
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32399-0001
www.flgov.com
RON DESANTIS 850-717-9418
GOVERNOR

March 25, 2026

Dear Mr. Pedrosa:

On behalf of Governor DeSantis, I am requesting that you convene the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission for the purpose of selecting and submitting to the Governor the names of highly qualified lawyers for appointment to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court (two) and to the Miami-Dade County Court (two). 

These appointments are to fill the vacancies on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court created by the resignations of Judge Caballero and Judge Rodriguez and to fill the vacancies on the Miami-Dade County Court created by the resignations of Judge Klukas and Judge Quinones

.....

The Commission's handling of this matter is most appreciated.

Sincerely,
David Axelman
General Counsel

cc: The Honorable Ariana Fajardo Orshan
Chief Judge

Then, just as suddenly—as if the Red Sea had parted—on March 29, 2026, the JNC issued an announcement.

The Commission is now accepting applications for vacancies “created by the resignations of Judges Yara Klukas and Jason Reding Quinones”. The announcement also includes vacancies resulting from the retirements of Circuit Court Judges Jose Rodriguez and Marcia Caballero. The application deadline is May 1, 2026.

Which raises the obvious question: what happened during the preceding eight months?

You can thank your own Captain Justice for jump-starting the process. To the two eventual appointees, don't forget to thank me on the day of your investiture.

If we get any more information as to why this appointment process was delayed by more than eight months, we will let you know.


A QUICK REMINDER: THE “NAME GAME”

We previously wrote about Jason Reding Quinones in a December 19, 2023 post titled:

“THE NAME GAME: HERE WE GO AGAIN?!”

You can revisit it here:

We invite you to reread the post and the accompanying Comments.

In that post, we examined the troubling practice of candidates changing their names shortly before applying for judicial office:

Attorney Jason A. Reding—now Jason A. Reding Quinones, according to The Florida Bar—changed his name on December 1, 2023.

He had practiced for more than 15 years as “Jason Reding.” Then he applied to the JNC for an open County Court seat. Not coincidentally, December 1, 2023 was also the deadline to apply for multiple open judicial seats in Miami-Dade County.


A NEW LAW ENTERS THE PICTURE

On April 1, 2026, Governor DeSantis signed CS/HB 91 – Candidate Qualification into law.

The statute now provides, in relevant part (F.S. 99.021(4)(c)):

A candidate with no party affiliation must certify that he or she has not legally changed his or her name pursuant to section 68.07 within the 365 days preceding the qualifying period.

Which leads to an interesting hypothetical:

Would the attorney formerly known as Jason Reding have been permitted to run for judicial office under the name “Jason Reding Quinones” under this new law—had he remained on the bench?


CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com


Tuesday, December 19, 2023

THE “NAME GAME”. HERE WE GO AGAIN?! .......


THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

BREAKING . JNC FORWARDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES TO GOV. DESANTIS

COUNTY COURT

1. Kimberly Hillery
2. Jennifer Hochstadt
3. Jose Rohaidy
4. Gilberto Barreto
5. Kevin Hellmann
6. Christine Hernandez
7. Jason Quinones
8. Michelle Urbistondo
9. Marcia Hansen

CIRCUIT COURT

1. Christine Hernandez
2. Marcia Hansen
3. Judge Stephanie Silver
4. Judge Miesha Darrough
5. Judge Elaine Sosa-Bruzon
6. Judge Natalie Moore
7. Judge Carlos Gamez
8. Judge Cristina Correa

SEVENTEEN (17) DAYS .......

That is the number of days between the date that attorney Jason Reding changed his name to Jason Reding “Quinones” and the date that he is interviewing with the Eleventh Circuit’s Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) to become a judge in Miami-Dade County.

We have a long history of calling out judicial candidates who play the “Name Game”.  Most recently we wrote several posts during the 2022 election cycle when candidate Teresa Tylman, overnight, birthed Teresa Cervera. The Daily Business Review ran a few stories on the Name Game following and quoting from our post in April of 2022, including one here.

We have written extensively on the subject, here, here, and here, (Rumpole's post).

Professor Scott Fingerhut of FIU Law wrote about the "Name Game" here.

The Miami Herald wrote about it here.

We have written on the subject as far back as 2010 referencing the candidacy of Peter Adrien “Camacho” which can be found here.

Today, thanks to our loyal readers who have been following us since 2005, we were alerted to what may be the latest example of an attorney playing the “Name Game”.

Attorney Jason A. Reding, now known officially as Attorney Jason A Reding Quinones, according to the Members Page with The Florida Bar, changed his name from “Reding” to “Reding Quinones” on December 1, 2023. Mr. Reding has been an attorney, holding himself out as Jason Reding, for more than 15 years. Today he is interviewing for one of the two open Circuit Court seats and one of the two open County Court seats in Miami-Dade County. (Not so coincidentally, the deadline for filing applications to the JNC for the four open seats was December 1, 2023, the same date that attorney Jason Reding changed his name).

We emailed Mr. Reding and provided him with some of the information that appears in this post. We asked him when he changed his name with The Florida Bar and why he changed his name. If he chooses to respond (he has not done so as of the publication of this post) we will print whatever he permits us to write.

THE FACTS:

Mr. Jason Quinones is being interviewed at 10:00 AM today by the Eleventh Circuit’s Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC). The question is - when and why did he change his name with The Florida Bar?

The Florida Bar lists Jason Reding Quinones as a member in good standing. Reding has been a member of The Florida Bar since September 29, 2008.

It also mentions that he works for the U.S. Department of Justice. He uses the following email address: jason.reding@usdoj.gov.

According to the USDOJ website, Reding is referred to numerous times as only Jason Reding. There is no mention of the name “Quinones” anywhere in his name.

According to AVVO, they list him as Jason Reding, corporate attorney.

According to Clearway Law, they list him as Jason Reding. Apparently, at some point, his law office was located at 2250 SW 3rd Ave Ste 303, Miami, FL, and he practiced corporate, government, guardianship, and probate law.

According to SUNBIZ, Jason Reding incorporated Reding Law, PA in October of 2011. The corporation was dissolved in 2016.

According to Buzzfile, they also list him as Jason Reding, with the same law office address.

According to LinkedIn, Reding was an Associate at KPMG from 2008-2012 handling transactional and corporate law. He is also a JAG with the USAF. He joined the USDOJ in 2018, working in their office in Alexandria, Virginia. He then moved to Miami and worked in the criminal division for four years before moving to the civil division in 2022.

According to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s website, Jason A Reding owns a property in Miami-Dade County. The Warranty Deed uses the name Jason A Reding; there is no mention of “Quinones” in his name.

According to the Marriage License Bureau of Miami-Dade County, Jason Anthony Reding has been married twice. First, to Sandra Gonzalez, on August 21, 2004.  Sandra Reding’s name appears on the paperwork submitted to the Florida Department of Corporations when Jason Reding incorporated his law firm, Reding Law, in 2011. When Jason Reding filed for a dissolution of marriage in 2012, he did so using the name Jason Reding. He was married a second time, on November 25, 2017, to Jennifer Donates. There is no mention of the name “Quinones” on either of his marriage licenses nor on the clerk’s website regarding his dissolution of marriage case.

In 2018, Jason Reding was the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The property where the alleged damage took place is the same address as the property listed on the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s website. Once again, there is no mention of the name “Quinones” anywhere in the lawsuit nor anywhere in the online Exhibit - the policy that Reding paid for that was the basis of the lawsuit.

If the JNC chooses to send Mr. Reding's name up to Governor DeSantis, and if Governor DeSantis chooses to appoint Mr. Reding to one of the four open seats, then Mr. Reding will need to run in an election within the next two years if he wants to keep his seat on the bench. Of course, we now know that the name that will appear on the ballot will be Jason Reding "Quinones."

We again invite Mr. Reding to email us and provide some reasonable explanation as to why he decided to change his name from Jason Reding to Jason Reding “Quinones" on December 1, 2023. Best of luck Mr. Reding “Quinones” in your interview today with the JNC.

CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com