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Conversely, on September 9, 2021, a Petition for Writ of Mandamus was filed against the Honorable Adele Grubbs along with a request for recusal against the entire Cobb County judicial circuit. That request was granted by the Chief Superior Court Judge, Robert D. Leonard II on September 24, 2021 and was ordered to be transferred to the 7th Judicial Court Administrator for further appointment to a Superior Court Judge outside the Cobb Circuit. Ironically, the 7th Judicial Court Administrator as of September 2021 was the Honorable Robert E. Flournoy III also of Cobb County Superior Court. In short, Judge Leonard handed the case to another Cobb County Superior Court judge to pick a judge outside of Cobb County to handle the matter. The petitioner in that case filed an immediate motion to recuse Judge Flournoy from the matter, which was subsequently granted by another administrative Judge, William T. Boyett, on September 27, 2021. The case was a day later assigned to the Honorable Joe C. Bishop. | Conversely, on September 9, 2021, a Petition for Writ of Mandamus was filed against the Honorable Adele Grubbs along with a request for recusal against the entire Cobb County judicial circuit. That request was granted by the Chief Superior Court Judge, Robert D. Leonard II on September 24, 2021 and was ordered to be transferred to the 7th Judicial Court Administrator for further appointment to a Superior Court Judge outside the Cobb Circuit. Ironically, the 7th Judicial Court Administrator as of September 2021 was the Honorable Robert E. Flournoy III also of Cobb County Superior Court. In short, Judge Leonard handed the case to another Cobb County Superior Court judge to pick a judge outside of Cobb County to handle the matter. The petitioner in that case filed an immediate motion to recuse Judge Flournoy from the matter, which was subsequently granted by another administrative Judge, William T. Boyett, on September 27, 2021. The case was a day later assigned to the Honorable Joe C. Bishop. | ||
While the District Attorney, as an agent of the Georgia Department of Law ("GDL"), would typically represent a Superior Court judge in defending against a writ of mandamus in the State of Georgia, the GDL declined representation of Judge Grubbs in this particular matter "due to a potential conflict" as outlined in Governor Brian Kemp's <ref>[https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/e/ec/09.24.21.01.pdf Executive Order dated September 24, 2021]</ref>, and three attorneys from the law firm Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP have been appointed to represent Judge Grubbs against the Petitioners. This case is still pending.</blockquote> | While the District Attorney, as an agent of the Georgia Department of Law ("GDL"), would typically represent a Superior Court judge in defending against a writ of mandamus in the State of Georgia, the GDL declined representation of Judge Grubbs in this particular matter "due to a potential conflict" as outlined in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kemp Governor Brian Kemp]]'s <ref>[https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/e/ec/09.24.21.01.pdf Executive Order dated September 24, 2021]</ref>, and three attorneys from the law firm Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP have been appointed to represent Judge Grubbs against the Petitioners. This case is still pending.</blockquote> | ||
===A (Not So) Voluntary Recusal in Waffle House Sex Tape Case=== | ===A (Not So) Voluntary Recusal in Waffle House Sex Tape Case=== | ||
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