No. 23-6188

Otis Blaxton v. Florida

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2023-12-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief sovereign-immunity
Latest Conference: 2024-01-05
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Question Presented (AI Summary)

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Docket Entries

2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-20
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2023-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 8, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Thomas Robert ThompsonThompson, Crawford, Brown & Smiley, P.A., Respondent
Otis Blaxton
Otis Blaxton — Petitioner