[supercat]

They appealled that ruling (rather than filing the writ in Pinellas county).

Is it impossible to file the writ in Pinellas County without it having to go before Judge Greer? If the answer's yes, that would explain a lot.

[Catspaw]

My guess is that the writ case would've been transferred to Judge Greer. In our county, all cases that relate to the original case go back to the same judge; criminal cases involving the same defendant also go back to the original judge. I would assume Florida courts have the same or similar rules.

Because the writ itself wasn't heard, I expect a dismissal from the Florida Supremes. I understand why they'd think they could file it in Tallahassee--it's the state capitol & Jeb's the gov--but because this case involves Terri, the proper jurisdiction is Pinellas (that's where Terri is), so it wasn't surprising the case was dismissed at the circuit court level. They tried to do an end-around Judge Greer by filing in a different county and it didn't work. <p?I'd be curious to see if their pleadings in the writ address why this writ should be heard in Tallahasse rather than Pinellas. If it didn't, they were too cute by half and they're lucky the circuit court judge in Tallahassee didn't tear their heads off.

[GailA]

What about a rit of Habeus Corpus?