No. 18-8317
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-commitment civil-procedure constitutional-right due-process florida-constitution florida-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial liberty-interest trial-by-jury
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference:
2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the constitutional right to a trial by jury in a civil commitment case can be circumvented by a Florida rule of civil procedure nullifying the inviolate clause of Article 1 § 22, Florida Constitution, where a liberty interest is at stake under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED THE CONTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN A CIVIL COMMITMENT CASE CANNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED BY A FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL : PROCEDURE NULLIFYING THE INVIOLATE CLAUSE . ; OF ARTICLE 1 § 22, FLORIDA CONSTITUTION, : WHERE A LIBERTY INTEREST IS AT STAKE UNDER ; THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. ;
Docket Entries
2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-03-08
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-02-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 8, 2019)
Attorneys
Florida
Shane Weaver — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Shane Weaver — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent