No. 19-5099

James Thompson v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2019-07-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: access-to-courts appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court-of-appeal due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court fraud per-curiam-affirmance supreme-court-jurisdiction unelaborated-affirmance
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

The question presented involves the Florida practice and rule which do not permit litigants to seek review in the Florida Supreme Court when the district courts of appeal issue unelaborated Affirmance (PCA's) of trial court's decision. The issue is whether this practice unconstitutionally deprives Florida residents to full and complete access to their courts in violation of their Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights in that it individualously discriminates against Florida residents, wherefore under those rights can a tribunal and intermediate appellant court act as the highest court and / or court of last resort to deny relief based on fraud?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Florida practice and rule that do not permit litigants to seek review in the Florida Supreme Court when the district courts of appeal issue unelaborated Affirmance (PCA's) of trial court's decision unconstitutionally deprives Florida residents of full and complete access to their courts in violation of their Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2019)

Attorneys

James Thompson
James Thompson — Petitioner