A North Miami law firm is fighting to have a judge removed from a case for being Facebook friends with a lawyer who appeared before her.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko is publicly linked on the social networking site with Israel Reyes, a former colleague from the bench. Reyes, now the managing partner at the Reyes Law Firm in Coral Gables, entered an appearance on behalf of a nonparty in a case before Butchko.