SC06-3 - In Re: Amendment To Rule Of Judicial Administration 2.050(H)

State: Florida

Docket No: SC06-3

Case Date: 03/02/2006

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____________ No. SC06-3 ____________ IN RE: AMENDMENT TO RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION 2.050(h). [March 2, 2006] PER CURIAM. The Court on its own motion1 amends Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.050(h), Neglect of Duty, to clarify that it is the chief judge who shall report a neglect of duty under the rule to the Chief Justice of this Court. See Amendment to Fla. Rules of Practice & Procedure for Traffic Courts--Rule 6.156, 608 So. 2d 469, 470 (Fla. 1992) (recognizing in dicta that rule 2.050(g), now 2.050(h), provides that "the chief judge of the circuit court shall report any neglect of duty to the chief justice of this Court"). The amendment is intended to reduce the number of unauthorized "reports of neglect of duty" submitted to the Court by pro se litigants. Accordingly, Florida

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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