Tatyana Ussin v. Zoe Wood

FIFTH D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2025-0426
LT Case No. 2024-DR-005825
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TATYANA USSIN ,
Appellant,
v.
ZOE W OOD,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Eric C. Roberson, Judge.
Tatyana Ussin, Arlington, VA, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.
November 21, 2025
P ER C URIAM.
Appellant timely appeals the final judgment of injunction for
protection against stalking entered against her and in favor of
Appellee after an evidentiary hearing. 	Appellant challenges both
the sufficiency of the evidence for the final judgment and the denial
of her motion to disqualify the trial judge.1 	We agree, without
1 Appellant titled the motion as “Motion to Recuse the Judge.”

2
further elaboration, that Appellant’s motion for disqualification
should have been granted; resultingly, we need not and therefore
decline to reach the merits of her other argument. See Rosenwater
v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Tr. Co. for Soundview Home Loan Tr. 2007-
NS1 Asset-backed Certificates, Series 2007-NS1, 220 So. 3d 1204,
1204–05 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) (explaining that because the panel
agreed with the appellant about the disqualification of the trial
judge, the appellant’s separate argument about the sufficiency of
the evidence for the appealed order of contempt was rendered
moot).
Accordingly, we reverse the final judgment and the order
denying the motion for disqualification and remand for a new
hearing in front of a different judge.
R EVERSED and R EMANDED with instructions.
JAY , C.J., and M AKAR and LAMBERT , 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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