Calling the discipline a “gross abuse of power,” an administrative law judge has appealed a five-day suspension he received for accusing his boss of making what are known as improper “ex parte communications” when reviewing an order in a case about a South Florida horse track.

Administrative Law Judge John Van Laningham’s suspension for misconduct and insubordination “threatens to undermine two foundational (tenets) of Florida administrative law: transparency and judicial independence,” his lawyers argued in an appeal filed Wednesday with the Public Employee Relations Commission.

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