No. 23-6732

Seth Conner Wells v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-02-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge cost-of-incarceration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine fourteenth-amendment incarceration-cost statutory-interpretation timbs-v-indiana united-states-v-bajakajian
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the imposition of a $401,500 cost of incarceration is an unconstitutionally excessive fine

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether the imposition of a $401,500 cost of incarceration pursuant to Section 960.293 Florida Statutes is an unconstitutionally excessive fine as applied and as described in United States v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998) and in Timbs__ v. Indiana, 139 S. Ct. 682, 690 (2019), under the Eighth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. i

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-07
Reply of petitioner Seth Conner Wells filed. (Distributed)
2024-05-29
Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
2024-04-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 3, 2024.
2024-04-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 2, 2024 to June 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-04-02
Response Requested. (Due May 2, 2024)
2024-03-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2024-02-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General , Respondent
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General , Respondent
Seth Conner Wells
Steven N. GosneyOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner
Steven N. GosneyOffice of the Public Defender, Petitioner