David Charles Sussman v. Florida Department of Corrections
Where a prison inmate files a petition in a trial court seeking the restoration of gain time credits that were lost in a prison disciplinary proceeding; and where the restoration of those gain time credits would shorten the length of that inmate's time in prison, did said trial court violate art. I, sec. 9, cl. 2 (the Suspension Clause) of the U.S. Constitution when it ordered said inmate to secure the assistance of counsel and dismissed his petition solely for his failure (or inability) to do so?
Whether a trial court violates the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution by requiring a prison inmate to secure or pay for an attorney to file a petition seeking restoration of lost good-time credits, and then dismissing the petition solely for the inmate's failure or inability to do so