40 Fla. L.
Weekly D2392bTop of Form

Civil
procedure — Discovery — Trial court did not depart from essential
requirements of law in compelling production of information and documents where
orders provided that any confidential information may be redacted — Petition
for writ of prohibition prohibiting judge from presiding in case denied

PEDRO J. GOMEZ, Petitioner, vs. JOSE E. GOMEZ AND MARTHA M. GOMEZ, et al.,
Respondents. 3rd District. Case No. 3D15-1749. L.T. Case No. 13-12830. Opinion
filed October 21, 2015. A Case of Original Jurisdiction — Prohibition and
Certiorari. Counsel: Kenzie N. Sadlak, for petitioner. Matthew Troccoli, for
respondents.

(Before SUAREZ, C.J., and LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.)

(SUAREZ, C.J.) Petitioner, Pedro J. Gomez, plaintiff below, seeks a Writ
of Certiorari to review and quash the trial court’s orders rendered on June 29,
2015 denying Petitioner’s “Amended Renewed Motion For Protective Order and Stay
of Orders Rendered February 27, 2014 and March 2, 2015”, and compelling
production of information and documents in response to discovery requested by
the Respondents, Jose E. Gomez and Martha M. Gomez, defendants below. We deny
the Petition for Certiorari, finding no departure from the essential
requirements of law and no irreparable harm resulting from the requirements of
the orders on appeal as the June 29th orders provided that the Petitioner “may
redact any confidential information pursuant to the March 2, 2015 Order and the
Florida Rule of Judicial Procedure 2.425.”

The Petitioner further seeks a Writ of Prohibition prohibiting Circuit
Court Judge Beatrice Butchko from presiding as a Judge in the underlying case
in the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade
County, Florida, Case Number 2013-12830 CA 23. We deny this petition as well.

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