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Click to open document 09/06/2007 NOTICE-FORMAL CHARGES PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 & E-MAIL
09/06/2007 No Fee Required
10/22/2007 *ANSWER RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE (FILED W/JQC) & E-MAIL (E-MAIL SUBMITTED IN PDF FORMAT - REQ'D WORD) (10/22/2007: E-FILED IN WORD)
Click to open document 04/30/2008 NOTICE-FORMAL CHARGES PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 AMENDED (O& E-MAIL)
06/03/2008 *ANSWER RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 FILED AS "AMENDED ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES" (O&E-MAIL) (06/04/2008: 8 COPIES FILED)
08/12/2008 NOTICE PT John R. Beranek 5419 BY: PT John R. Beranek 5419 OF HEARING (O&1 & E-MAIL)
09/02/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 (O&8 & E-MAIL) (FILED AS "DEMAND FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO RULE 12(b), FJQCR")
09/09/2008 RESPONSE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 TO DEMAND FOR DISCOVERY
09/11/2008 ORDER-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY (O&3 & E-MAIL) SCHEDULING HEARING & PREHEARING CONFERENCE
09/17/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 (E-MAIL) FILED AS "MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FINAL HEARING, PREHEARING CONFERENCE AND MANDATED DISCOVERY REQUIREMENTS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED, PURSUANT TO THE ORDER SCHEDULING HEARING AND PREHEARING CONFERENCE"
09/17/2008 NOTICE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 FILED AS "PREHEARING STATEMENT" (E-MAIL)
09/29/2008 ORDER-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY (O&3 & E-MAIL) ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE AND RESCHEDULING HEARING & PREHEARING CONFERENCE
10/15/2008 NOTICE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 OF TAKING DEPOSITION (E-MAIL)
10/17/2008 NOTICE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 OF TAKING DEPOSITION (E-MAIL)
10/27/2008 NOTICE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 OF TAKING DEPOSITION (E-MAIL)
11/03/2008 NOTICE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 (E-MAIL) FILED AS "PREHEARING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO ORDER GRANTING CONTINUANCE AND RESCHEDULING HEARING AND PREHEARING CONFERENCE ENTERED SEPTEMBER 26, 2008"
11/03/2008 NOTICE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 (E-MAIL) FILED AS "JUDGE ERIKSSON'S WITNESS LIST"
11/03/2008 MOTION-STRIKE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 EXTRANEOUS, PREJUDICIAL REFERENCE FROM AMENDED NOTICE OF FORMAL CHARGES (E-MAIL)
11/03/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 (E-MAIL) FILED AS "MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT"
11/03/2008 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY (E-MAIL) PE Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 W/ATTACHMENTS (FILED AS "MEMORANDUM SUPPORTING JUDGE ERIKSSON'S CONTENTION THAT HE HAS NOT ENGAGED IN CONDUCT WHICH WOULD VIOLATE THE CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND WARRANT THE IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINE")
11/10/2008 RESPONSE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 FILED AS " REPLY TO MOTION TO STRIKE"
11/10/2008 MOTION-STRIKE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
11/17/2008 ORDER-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY (O&3 & E-MAIL) ORDER DENYING JUDGE ERIKSSON'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT & MOTION TO STRIKE
11/20/2008 NOTICE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 OF TAKING DEPOSITION (E-MAIL)
11/25/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 FILED AS "MOTION TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL WITNESSES FOR DECEMBER 8, 2008 HEARING (FILED W/JQC & E-MAIL)
12/04/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 FILED AS "MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE THE USE OF STATEMENTS MADE BY ANYONE BEFORE THE INVESTIGATIVE PANEL DUE TO THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS" (E-MAIL)
12/04/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 FILED AS "MOTION TO ALLOW SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBITS FOR DECEMBER 8, 2008 HEARING ( E-MAIL)
12/04/2008 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 FILED AS "MOTION IN LIMINE TO PRECLUDE THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE SUGGESTING JUDGE ERIKSSON ENGAGED IN CONDUCT THAT WAS OFFENSIVE TO THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE HEARING-IMPAIRED" (E-MAIL)
Click to open document 03/16/2009 FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATION PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: CHHP Hon. Thomas Brent Freeman, Judge 118504 (O&8 & E-MAIL)
03/17/2009 ORDER-SHOW CAUSE (JQC) Pursuant to Rule 2.310, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, this is to command you, The Honorable Ralph E. Eriksson, to show cause on or before April 6, 2009, why the recommended action should not be granted. The Commission may file a reply pursuant to Rule 2.310(b)(1), Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, on or before April 27, 2009. Respondent may file his reply to the Commission's reply, on or before May 7, 2009. Please file an original and seven copies of all filings.
03/20/2009 NOTICE-FILING PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT John R. Beranek 5419 TRANSCRIPTS, 6 VOLUMES (O&3 & E-MAIL)
03/20/2009 NOTICE-FILING PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT John R. Beranek 5419 EXHIBITS, 4 NOTEBOOKS (O&3 & E-MAIL) 1 BOX
03/25/2009 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (RESPONSE) RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 O&8 & E-MAIL
04/07/2009 MOTION-COUNS SUBSTITUTION STIPULATION RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 O&8 & E-MAIL
04/07/2009 RESPONSE RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 (O&8 & E-MAIL) TO ORDER DATED 03/17/2009
04/13/2009 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 O&8 & E-MAIL
04/14/2009 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (RESPONSE) Judge Ralph E. Eriksson's motion for extension of time is granted and Judge Eriksson's response to this Court's Order to Show Cause was filed on April 7, 2009.
04/24/2009 REPLY TO RESPONSE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 TO ORDER DATED 03/17/2009 (O&7 & E-MAIL)
05/07/2009 REPLY TO REPLY RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 TO ORDER DATED 03/17/2009 (O&7 & E-MAIL) (05/11/2009: 1 COPY FILED)
05/11/2009 LETTER RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: WE Chandler Robinson Muller 112381 RE: TRANSMITTAL OF COPY OF REPLY TO REPLY
05/11/2009 ORDER-NO REQ SCHED (MISC)
05/20/2009 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY PE Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: PE Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 RE: MOTION COUNSEL SUBSTITUTION W/STIPULATION
08/31/2009 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645
Click to open document 02/11/2010 DISP-PUBLIC REPRIMAND (JQC - BEFORE FSC) For the reasons stated, we approve the JQC's recommendations, findings of fact, and conclusion that Judge Eriksson violated the Code of Judicial Conduct. We approve the JQC's recommendations that Judge Eriksson be publicly reprimanded and charged the cost of the proceedings. In accordance with the policy announced in In re Frank, 753 So. 2d 1228, 1242 (Fla. 2000), we hereby command Judge Ralph E. Eriksson to appear before this Court for the administration of a public reprimand at a time to be established by the Clerk of this Court.
02/25/2010 MOTION-REHEARING RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 BY: RS Hon. Ralph E. Eriksson, Judge 224645 FILED AS MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION (O&7 & E-MAIL) (RC)
06/02/2010 DISP-REHEARING DY (RC) Judge Ralph E. Eriksson's "Motion for Clarification" was treated as a Motion for Rehearing and said motion is hereby denied.
06/03/2010 LETTER SCHEDULING PUBLIC REPRIMAND FOR AUGUST 31, 2010
06/03/2010 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR-PUBLIC REPRIMAND
07/30/2010 MOTION-TAX COSTS (JQC) PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Michael L. Schneider 525049 O&7 (& E-MAIL) W/AFFIDAVIT OF COSTS
08/31/2010 PUBLIC REPRIMAND ADMINISTERED
09/07/2010 ORDER-MOTION TAX COSTS (JQC) GR Upon consideration of the Investigative Panel of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission's Motion to Tax Costs and the Hearing Panel of the Judicial Qualifications Commission's Findings and Recommendation it is ordered that said recommendation is approved and the Motion to Tax Costs is hereby granted. Judgment is entered for the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, 1110 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32303, for recovery of costs from Judge Ralph E. Eriksson in the amount of $9,179.06, for which sum let execution issue.
09/21/2010 NOTICE Brooke S. Kennerly BY: Brooke S. Kennerly FILED AS "SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT"
11/17/2010 ARCHIVES file and 2 boxes