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Click to open document 12/08/2016 NOTICE-FORMAL CHARGES PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225
12/08/2016 No Fee Required
Click to open document 12/08/2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER-NEW CASE Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida
Click to open document 12/08/2016 ORDER-HIGH PROFILE Because of significant public and media interest in this matter, this case has been designated as a high profile case and all material must be filed through the Florida Courts eFiling Portal. All documents filed will be posted on the Supreme Court web page. Parties are directed to ensure that all documents filed are in compliance with rules 2.420, 2.425 and 2.526 of the Florida Rules of Judicial Administration.
Click to open document 12/22/2016 RESPONSE RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 RESPONDENT, PHILIP JAMES YACUCCI'S RESPONSE TO FORMAL CHARGES
Click to open document 01/04/2017 NOTICE-APPEARANCE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 FILED AS "NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL TO FJQC HEARING PANEL"
Click to open document 01/09/2017 ORDER-JQC HEARING PANEL FILED AS "ORDER SCHEDULING STATUS CONFERENCE"
Click to open document 01/09/2017 NOTICE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 FILED AS "DISCLOSURE NOTICE"
Click to open document 01/18/2017 MOTION-VENUE CHANGE RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "MOTION FOR HEARING IN COUNTY OF JUDGE'S RESIDENCE"
Click to open document 01/20/2017 ORDER-JQC HEARING PANEL FILED AS "ORDER SCHEDULING HEARING AND PREHEARING DEADLINES"
Click to open document 01/24/2017 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "MOTION FOR DISQUALIFICATION"
Click to open document 01/30/2017 ORDER-JQC HEARING PANEL FILED AS "ORDER GRANTING DISQUALIFICATION MOTION"
Click to open document 01/30/2017 NOTICE PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 FILED AS "NOTICE OF NEW HEARING PANEL MEMBERS"
Click to open document 03/02/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S WITNESS LIST"
Click to open document 03/03/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "DEMAND FOR DISCOVERY"
Click to open document 03/03/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S EXHIBIT LIST"
Click to open document 03/06/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 FILED AS "FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION'S EXHIBIT LIST"
Click to open document 03/06/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 FILED AS "FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION'S WITNESS LIST"
Click to open document 03/10/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL EXHIBIT LIST"
Click to open document 03/27/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES"
Click to open document 04/03/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 FILED AS "AMENDED EXHIBIT LIST OF THE FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION"
Click to open document 04/05/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 FILED AS "SECOND AMENDED EXHIBIT LIST OF THE FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION"
Click to open document 04/06/2017 ORDER-JQC HEARING PANEL FILED AS "AMENDED ORDER SCHEDULING HEARING AND PREHEARING DEADLINES"
Click to open document 04/11/2017 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 FILED AS "RESPONDENT'S PREHEARING STATEMENT"
Click to open document 06/29/2017 FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATION PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 FILED AS "FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEARING PANEL, FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION"
Click to open document 06/29/2017 ORDER-SHOW CAUSE (JQC) Pursuant to Rule 2.310, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration, this is to command you, The Honorable Philip James Yacucci, Jr., to show cause on or before July 19, 2017, 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 August 8, 2017. The Honorable Philip James Yacucci, Jr., may file his reply to the Commission's reply, on or before August 18, 2017.
06/29/2017 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 FILED AS "NOTICE OF FILING HEARING TRANSCRIPT AND EXHIBITS" - 1. Transcript of Final Hearing before the FJQC Hearing Panel, Volumes I and II (May 1, 2017); 2. Petitioner's Index of Exhibits, Exhibits 1-8, & 10 (Exhibit #9 to be sent on a cd-r disc via Federal Express); and 3. Respondent's Index of Exhibits, and Exhibits 1-12.
06/30/2017 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT PT Judicial Qualifications Commission JQC BY: PT Lauri Waldman Ross 311200 EXHIBIT #9 (06/30/17: PLACED IN THE RED FOLDER)
Click to open document 07/18/2017 RESPONSE RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 JUDGE PHILIP J. YACUCCI JR'S RESPONSE TO THE FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEARING PANEL, FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION
Click to open document 08/08/2017 REPLY TO RESPONSE PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 REPLY OF THE FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION TO JUDGE YACUCCI'S RESPONSE TO THIS COURT'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Click to open document 08/18/2017 REPLY TO REPLY RS Hon. Philip James Yacucci, Jr., Judge 309427 BY: RS Robert James Watson 290092 JUDGE PHILIP JAMES YACUCCI REPLY TO THE FLORIDA JUDICIAL QUALIFICATIONS COMMISSION'S REPLY TO JUDGE YACUCCI'S RESPONSE TO THIS COURT'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Click to open document 08/18/2017 ORDER-NO REQ SCHED (MISC) The above case has been submitted to the Court without oral argument.
Click to open document 11/02/2017 DISP-SUSPENDED/PUBLIC REPRIMAND (JQC - BEFORE FSC) FSC-OPINION: Judge Philip James Yacucci, Jr., is hereby suspended without pay for thirty days from his duties as a county court judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. We order Judge Yacucci to pay the costs of these proceedings, and we remand this case to the JQC for a determination of the amount of such costs. We order Judge Yacucci to attend a judicial ethics course to be completed within one year. We also command Judge Yacucci to appear before this Court for the administration of a public reprimand at a time to be set by the Clerk of this Court. The effective date of the suspension shall be within fifteen days from the date of this opinion at the direction of the Chief Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit. Once the effective date is determined, the Court Administrator for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit shall submit a personnel action request (PAR) form to the Personnel Office of the Office of State Courts Administrators for processing. Absent an order from this Court, a motion for rehearing of this decision will not toll the effective date of the suspension. It is so ordered.
Click to open document 11/03/2017 LETTER-PUBLIC REPRIMAND SCHEDULED Supreme Court Of Florida BY: Supreme Court Of Florida Advising of Public Reprimand scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Click to open document 11/22/2017 PUBLISH FULL
12/06/2017 PUBLIC REPRIMAND ADMINISTERED
Click to open document 01/08/2018 NOTICE PT Inquiry Concerning A Judge JQC BY: PT Alexander J. Williams 99225 FILED AS "NOTICE OF PAYMENT OF COSTS"