No. 24-873

Angela W. DeBose v. United States, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: jury-trial preliminary-injunction rule-12b6 rule-65 temporary-restraining-order vexatious-litigant
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Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the rules of Rule 65 for preliminary injunctions or temporary restraining orders require a hearing and whether the preservation of an adverse party's right to a jury trial is violated when the injunction/TRO is indefinite

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a) provides that a preliminary injunction may issue only on notice to the adverse party. Rule 65(a)(2) requires that the issuing court must preserve “any party's right to a jury trial. ” Rule 65(b) provides that a temporary restraining order may issue without written or oral notice to the adverse party under certain circumstances —(i.e., specific facts in an affidavit or a verified complaint that show immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result to the movant before the adverse party can be heard in opposition and the movant's attorney certifies should not be required). If a preliminary injunction is issued without notice, “an expedited hearing must be set on the motion for a preliminary injunction at the earliest possible time, taking precedence over all other matters... ” Rule 65(b)(3). The order expires at or before 14 days —unless the court, for good cause, extends it for a like period (presumably up to 14 days) or the adverse party consents to a longer extension. Rule 65(b)(2). The adverse party may appear and move to dissolve or modify the order on 2 days ’ notice; the motion must be heard and decided as promptly as justice requires. Rule 65(b)(4). The questions presented are: (1) Whether the “with ” and/or “without ” notice rules of Rule 65 for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order require a hearing? (2) Is Rule 65(a)(2), preservation of adverse party ’s right to a jury trial, violated when the time set for the injunction / TRO is undefined, indefinite, or “held out” as permanent with no specific end in sight? (3) Does Florida ’s Vexatious Litigant Law “[a]ny person or entity previously found to be a vexatious litigant pursuant to this section" require a final and adversely determined action? 11 (4) Whether Rule 12(b)(6), failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, allows for mass dismissal of all parties and an entire lawsuit against multiple parties on the premise that none of the claims against any of the defendants could potentially succeed based on the facts alleged in the complaint, even when considering the allegations in the most favorable light for the plaintiff.

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-17
Waiver of right of respondent Federal respondents to respond filed.
2025-03-06
Waiver of right of respondents Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hon. James M. Barton, II, et al. to respond filed.
2024-12-24
2024-12-12
Application (24A367) denied by Justice Thomas.
2024-11-26
Application (24A367) to extend further the time from December 26, 2024 to January 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2024-10-18
Application (24A367) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 26, 2024.
2024-09-27
Application (24A367) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 26, 2024 to January 25, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Angela W. DeBose
Angela W. Debose — Petitioner
Angela W. DeBose — Petitioner
Federal respondents
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hon. James M. Barton, II, et al.
Ivy Pereira RollinsState of Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Ivy Pereira RollinsState of Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent