No. 23-159

Antonio Perez v. City of Miami, Code Enforcement Board

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2023-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: administrative-law appellate-review brady-standard civil-enforcement civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards judicial-disqualification judicial-review standing substantive-due-process
Latest Conference: 2023-12-08 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Petitioner, a US citizen, was deprived of the granny flat in his home by a board where the city had a 99.4% win rate. Review was by appeal only. The city pays a pension to appellate judge. Disqualification was denied. Administrative order received one-word affirmance. 4 unexplained dispositions followed. Pro se briefs were respectful and motivated: Petitioner, a shy Harvard MBA graduate [GMAT entry test 760 vs. 708 class average], and foreign-trained attorney, had studied intensively in a Jesuit law school in Spain.

Local entities and FDR share regulatory nature. An entity can also be as aggressive to a lower court as FDR was to this Court. In 1816 Jefferson noticed that lower courts lack protections: He was not amused.

The questions presented are:

1. Whether the "appellate review model " is contrary to evidentiary standard protections, one of them being Addington v. Texas , 441 U.S. 418 (1979).

2. Whether elaborated dispositions in non-en banc courts are a substantive due process protection.

3. Whether preponderance of the evidence is insufficient standard in civil enforcement.

4. Whether Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963) applies to civil enforcement.

5. Whether a private party retains one peremptory disqualification in non-era banc courts.

6. Whether judges hold office during good behavior.

7. Whether State Supreme Court 's discretionary jurisdiction is a substantive due process protection.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the 'appellate review model' is contrary to evidentiary standard protections

Docket Entries

2023-12-11
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-12-01
Rescheduled.
2023-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
2023-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
2023-10-27
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent City of Miami, et al. to respond filed.
2023-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2023)

Attorneys

Antonio Perez
Antonio Perez — Petitioner
City of Miami, et al.
Kerri Lauren McNultyCity of Miami, Office of the City Attorney, Respondent