No. 21-97

Anne Georges Telasco v. The Florida Bar

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-07-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights criminal-procedure defamation due-process ex-parte-judgment false-criminal-report felony-conviction florida-bar free-speech sovereign-immunity standing
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Securities JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Sovereign Immunity is inapplicable to Telasco's Defamation Action

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | IL Whether Sovereign Immunity as deployed by Welch v. Texas Dep’t of Highways & Pub. Transp., 483 U.S. 468, 472 (1987) and its progeny, are inapplicable to Telasco’s Defamation Action where The Florida Bar knowingly made a false criminal report against her to the court which resulted in an ex parte felony conviction for theft against her. II. Whether Telasco has a viable Defamation Action against The Florida Bar for | falsely reporting and securing an ex parte | judgment of conviction for theft, a second-degree felony, against Telasco. | oto uf tbe td : cyte ae a ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-28
Waiver of right of respondent The Florida Bar to respond filed.
2021-07-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Anne Georges Telasco
Anne Georges Telasco — Petitioner
The Florida Bar
M. Hope KeatingGreenberg Traurig, P.A, Respondent