No. 25-5886

Kevin Scott v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-10-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 14th-amendment constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legal-uniformity state-court
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a State Court that refuses to uniformly apply its own laws and rules to similarly situated state prisoners violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause of the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution?

Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a State Court that refuses to uniformly apply its own laws and rules to similarly situate state prisoners violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause if the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution? If so, what is the applicable remedy? ii

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-18
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2025-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 14, 2025)

Attorneys

Kevin Scott
Kevin Scott — Petitioner
Kevin Scott — Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent