No. 18-9644

Jeffrey Castleberry v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-06-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion mental-disabilities mental-disability reasonable-accommodations retroactive-application sentencing state-courts
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) require State trial courts to make reasonable accommodations for persons with mental disabilities?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-25
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2019-06-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Florida
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Carla Suzanne BechardOffice of the Attorney General, State of Florida, Respondent
Jeffrey Castleberry
Jeffrey Allen Castleberry — Petitioner
Jeffrey Allen Castleberry — Petitioner