No. 23-544

Teresa Marie Gaffney v. The Florida Bar

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2023-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bar-license due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homestead-property impartial-tribunal notice opportunity-to-be-heard sexual-harassment
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether it is a denial of due process, (1) notice; (2)
an opportunity to be heard; and (3) an impartial
tribunal, to not allow the Petitioner to conduct
discovery, call witnesses to testify nor take
depositions in a trial regarding her Bar License, the
taking of property, violating the 5th Amendment
and 14th Amendment.

2. Whether it is a violation of due process and the 1t
and 14tt Amendments for the Florida Bar to file a
Bar Complaint because the Petitioner filed a
sexual harassment complaint against Judge Paul
Huey.

3. Whether it is a violation of due process for the
Florida Bar to falsely claim that the Homestead
Property of Petitioner was not her and her family's
Homestead Property in violation of the 5 and 14th
Amendment of the US Constitution and Article X
Section 4 of the Florida Constitution.

4. Whether it is a violation of due process for the
Florida Supreme Court to not accept a brief for
being filed a few days late in violation of Fla. R. Civ.
P. 1.540(b) and the 5th and 14th Amendments of the
US Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is a denial of due process, (1) notice; (2) an opportunity to be heard; and (3) an impartial tribunal, to not allow the Petitioner to conduct discovery, call witnesses to testify nor take depositions in a trial regarding her Bar License, the taking of property, violating the 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment

Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent The Florida Bar to respond filed.
2023-11-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)

Attorneys

Teresa Gaffney
George Fredrick Braun — Petitioner
The Florida Bar
Mark L. MasonThe Florida Bar, Respondent