          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-4754
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TROY HILL,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Prohibition – Original Jurisdiction.

                         February 5, 2019


PER CURIAM.

     The writ of prohibition is denied on the merits. See Erlinger
v. Federico, 242 So. 3d 1177, 1182 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (holding
that unfavorable legal rulings do not provide grounds for
disqualification).

BILBREY, WINOKUR, and JAY, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Troy Hill, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley B. Moody, Attorney General, and Amanda D. Stokes,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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