No. 25-6422

Kenneth J. O'Brien v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-23
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-validity due-process equal-protection florida-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800 constitutionally valid and enacted in accordance with Florida Constitutional mandates?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800, under which Petitioner was arrested, charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, enacted in accordance with the strict mandates found in the Florida Constitution and Statutes? 2. Are Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800 constitutionally valid, Statutes, or are they invalid, of no force or effect, and unconstitutional, from the effective date of October 1, 1974? 3. Have the lower Courts erred, and violated the Florida and U.S. Constitutions ’ protections against violation of due process and equal protection of the law, when the lower Courts failed to hear and rule on a constitutional question of law, as a matter of great public importance, with every lower Court ignoring the law and issue completely? ii

Docket Entries

2026-02-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2025-09-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2026)
2025-07-23
Application (25A98) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 1, 2025.
2025-07-10
Application (25A98) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 1, 2025 to October 1, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Kenneth J. O'Brien
Kenneth J. O'Brien — Petitioner
Kenneth J. O'Brien — Petitioner
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent