No. 21-7103

Roger D. Ream v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2022-02-11
Status: Rehearing
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: civil-rights due-process first-amendment internet-access liberty-interest liberty-rights packingham-v-north-carolina probation-conditions property-rights supervised-release
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under the First Amendment, does a person on probation or other form of
supervised release have a constitutional right to access the Internet or other
computer services for any lawful purpose?

Does Packingham v. North Carolina . 137 S.Ct. 1730, 198 L.Ed.2d (2017), apply
to persons on probation or other form of supervised release, or only to those
"persons who already have served their sentence and are no longer subject to the
supervision of the criminal justice system " as held by the State of Florida?

Under the Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, does a
person on probation or other form of supervised release have a property right to
lawful occupation, including seeking and/or maintaining such an
occupation via the Internet or other computer services?pursue a

Under the Due Process clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, does a
person on probation or other form of supervised release have a liberty right to be
free from probation conditions which operate in a "Catch-22 " manner to return him
to prison?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a person on probation have a constitutional right to access the Internet?

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner DENIED.
2024-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2022-06-17
Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner.
2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-15
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2021-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 14, 2022)

Attorneys

Florida
Rebecca Rock McGuiganOffice of Florida Attorney General, Respondent
Roger D. Ream
Roger D. Ream — Petitioner