No. 25A459

Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. v. Leandra G. Johnson, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: fifth-amendment judicial-taking just-compensation permitting-authority property-rights takings-clause
Key Terms:
Takings
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's judicial decree constitutes a taking under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause when the government leverages its permitting authority to effectively expropriate private property without just compensation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : . Absent an extension, a petition for a writ of certiorari would be due on November 9, 2025. This application is being filed more than 10 days in advance of that date, and no prior application has been made in this case. . Petitioner respectfully requests an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari. . In Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, 560 U.S. 702 (2010), this Court held that it would be absurd to allow a state to do by judicial decree what the Takings Clause forbids it to do by legislative fiat. . This case asks the next logical questiondid the government overextend its authority, leverage its permitting monopoly and take petitioner's property without paying for it solely by judicial decree. . Recently, in Sheetz v. County of Eldorado, California, 601 U.S. ___ (2024), this Court held that government cannot leverage its permitting monopoly to exact private property without paying for it. . Additionally, the lower court fined Petitioner $100,000.00 when there is no provision in Florida law for such a fine, bringing forth the question of a violation of Amendment VIII of the United States Constitution. . Petitioner believes and asserts that review is warranted by this Honorable Court. Petitioner belicves there has been a judicial taking. 10. Currently, there is a petition for a writ of certiorari pending in this Court, (No.: 25-278), involving the same government taking. 2 ef 3 11. Petitioner is a slow typist and is filing pro se as he cannot afford an attorney in this matter. A 60-day extension will allow Petitioner sufficient time to fully prepare the needed petition for filing. Petitioner respectfully requests that an order be entered extending the time to file a petition for writ of certiorari to and including January 10, 2026. th Respectfully submitted on this 20 day of October, 2025; Lf L. hiljde., Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr., petitioner pro se, 908 SE Country Club Road, Lake City, Florida 32025; Phone: 386-623-9000. 3 of 2 EXHIBIT A USCA11 Case: 23-12231 Document: 52-1 Date Filed: 03/04/2025 Page: 1 of 17 [DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit No. 23-12231 Non-Argument Calendar JEFFREY LANCE HILL, SR., individually; Aggrieved Party and as Real Party in Interest of El Rancho No Tengo, Inc., VETSUS LEANDRA G. JOHNSON, individually & officially, GREGORY S. PARKER, individually & officially, WILLIAM FE. WILLIAMS, III, individually & officially, JOEL F FOREMAN, individually and as Columbia County attorney, USCA11 Case: 23-12231 Document: 52-1 Date Filed: 03/04/2025 Page: 2 of 17 2 Opinion of the Court 23-12231 JENNIFER B. SPRINGFIELD, et al., Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. Before JORDAN, BRANCH, and Luck, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. appeals the district court’s dismissal of (1) four of Hill’s claims because of judicial immunity, (2) five of Hill’s claims under the res judicata doctrine, and (3) Hill’s final claim for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. All of Hill’s claims arise out of a nearly 20-year-old dispute with his local government concerning the maintenance of a reservoir on his property. This appeal is the latest in a long line of suits Hill has filed in state and federal court since this dispute began. After careful review, we affirm in part and remand in part. I. Background Hill brought this lawsuit in 2020 against the Honorable Leandra G. Johnson; the Honorable Gregory S. Parker; the Honorable William F. Williams, III (collectively the “judicial USCA11 Case: 23-12231 Document: 52-1 Date Filed: 03/04/2025 Page: 3 of 17 23-12231 Opinion of the Court 3 defendants”); two Florida attorneys, Joel F. Foreman and Jennifer B. Springfield; Suwannee River Water Management District (“the District”); Columbia County, Florida (“the County”); City of Lake City, Florida (“the City”); and Michael Smallrid

Docket Entries

2025-10-22
Application (25A459) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 9, 2025.
2025-10-20
Application (25A459) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 9, 2025 to January 8, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Jeffrey Hill
Jeffrey Lance Hill Sr. — Petitioner
Jeffrey Lance Hill Sr. — Petitioner