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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed July 1, 2020. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D20-710 Lower Tribunal No. 19-15351 ________________ Clearwater Beach Company, LLC, Petitioner, vs. 4701 North Meridian LLC, Respondent. A Case of Original Jurisdiction โ€“ Prohibition. Schlesinger Law Group, and Michael J. Schlesinger; Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel, and Mark F. Raymond and Kimberly J. Freedman; Quintana Law Firm, and J. Luis Quintana, for petitioner. Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L., and Marko F. Cerenko and Alan J. Kluger, for respondent. Before FERNANDEZ, LOGUE, and SCALES, JJ. PER CURIAM. Denied. See Erlinger v. Federico, 242 So. 3d 1177, 1181 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (โ€œWhile a judge may not prejudge a case, it is well-settled that a judge may form mental impressions and opinions during the course of hearing evidence.โ€); Mobil v. Trask, 463 So. 2d 389, 391 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985) (โ€œA judge is not required to abstain from forming mental impressions and opinions during the course of presentation of evidence.โ€). 2