No. 18-493

Rose J. Spano v. The Florida Bar

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2018-10-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bar-disciplinary-proceedings constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process evidentiary-hearing liberty-interest property-interest
Key Terms:
ERISA DueProcess FifthAmendment FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida Supreme Court's denial of the petitioner's right to an evidentiary hearing and cross-examination of witnesses in bar disciplinary proceedings violated her due process rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Petitioner, Rose Spano, questions the constitutionality of the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to deny the Petitioner a right to an evidentiary hearing, and right to cross examination of witnesses in her bar disciplinary proceedings which created void judgments of suspension and disbarment. The lower court’s denial of Petitioner’s omnibus motion to Vacate Void Judgments, which were created by a denial of her (procedural and substantive) due process rights to an evidentiary hearing in bar disciplinary proceedings under the 5th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution, amounted to an unlawful taking of Petitioner’s liberty and property interests (her Florida Bar license). Such a denial of Petitioner, Rose Spano’s, constitutional rights to an evidentiary hearing and the right to cross examination of witnesses in bar disciplinary proceedings, is of such great importance to the public, that this issue deserves merit review.

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)

Attorneys

Rose Spano
Rose J. Spano — Petitioner
Rose J. Spano — Petitioner