A former Northeast Florida judge who was suspended from practicing law is not eligible to run for a judicial post this year, a Leon County circuit judge ruled May 29.
Judge J. Lee Marsh held a 30-minute hearing before siding with lawyers representing Rose Marie Preddy, an incumbent judge in the 7th Judicial Circuit who filed a lawsuit challenging the candidacy of Scott DuPont.
DuPont was suspended from practicing law in October 2019 after the Supreme Court removed him as a circuit judge in 2018 because of improper conduct. The removal came after an investigation that, in part, focused on allegations that DuPont spread false information about his 2016 election opponent.
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