No. 25-6191

Duane E. Adams v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: charging-document constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-court
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Adams' constitutional right to due process was violated when the trial court conducted a trial and entered a judgment without subject matter jurisdiction due to the absence of a valid charging document

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

WAS ADAMS ’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT CONDUCTED A TRIAL AND ENTERED A JUDGMENT, WITHOUT HAVING SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION BECAUSE NO VALID CHARGING DOCUMENT EXISTED OR WAS IN FORCE AND EFFECT ii

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky Dixon to respond filed.
2025-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)

Attorneys

Duane Adams
Duane E. Adams — Petitioner
Duane E. Adams — Petitioner
Ricky Dixon
Sonya Roebuck HorbeltOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Sonya Roebuck HorbeltOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent