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==Brantley In Retirement== | ==Brantley In Retirement== | ||
Judge Grant Brantley served as Cobb County Superior Court judge from 1980 to 1992. "He didn't seek reelection in 1992 because he was in the process of being nominated to the U.S. District Court by President George H. W. Bush. But the '92 election spoiled his call-up to the federal bench."<ref> [https://www.yahoo.com/video/portrait-unveiled-colleagues-honor-cobb-223900910.html Portrait unveiled as colleagues honor Cobb Judge Brantley]</ref> Judge Brantley was appointed as a Senior Judge in 2007. | |||
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In March of 2023, a petition to recuse the entire Fulton County Superior Court bench was filed after multiple judges refused to recuse liberal Judge, Melynee Leftridge,<ref>note</ref> in a case where Leftridge the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department trampled on the Constitutional rights of a civil litigant and his family.<ref>note</ref> While the Fulton County Superior Court did not formally recuse its bench, no Fulton County judge has presided over the case since.<ref>note</ref> Rather, Fulton County recruited two Cobb County Senior Judges, the Honorable G. Grant Brantley and the Honorable Adele P. Grubbs, allegedly to assist in managing the Fulton County Superior Court backlog of cases.<ref>note</ref> | In March of 2023, a petition to recuse the entire Fulton County Superior Court bench was filed after multiple judges refused to recuse liberal Judge, Melynee Leftridge,<ref>note</ref> in a case where Leftridge the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department trampled on the Constitutional rights of a civil litigant and his family.<ref>note</ref> While the Fulton County Superior Court did not formally recuse its bench, no Fulton County judge has presided over the case since.<ref>note</ref> Rather, Fulton County recruited two Cobb County Senior Judges, the Honorable G. Grant Brantley and the Honorable Adele P. Grubbs, allegedly to assist in managing the Fulton County Superior Court backlog of cases.<ref>note</ref> | ||
So how bad are Brantley’s latest rulings from the bench? Cobb County, landlord-tenant attorney Matthew D. McMaster gave Navigating Justice his insight: | So how bad are Brantley’s latest rulings from the bench? Cobb County, landlord-tenant attorney Matthew D. McMaster gave Navigating Justice his insight: | ||
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