No. 24-7299

Jerry L. Hoffman, Jr. v. Jose Delgado, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech municipal-ordinance prior-restraint public-forum
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment DueProcess Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a city ordinance prohibiting video recording in public areas within City-owned properties constitutes a prior restraint on free speech and violates the First Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether there exists a circuit split on municipal recording bans violating the First Amendment? 2. Whether a Middle District Court can dismiss with prejudice and without independent evaluation a case based on a previously unresolved case the Plaintiff dismissed before summary judgement or trial. 3. Whether a city ordinance that prohibits video recording in public areas within enclosed City-owned, controlled, and leased properties by declaring all areas as limited public forum, is a prior restraint on free speech and free press, is presumptively unconstitutional under the First Amendment?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 27, 2025)

Attorneys

Jerry L. Hoffman
Jerry L. Hoffman — Petitioner