No. 25-6191

Duane E. Adams v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: charging-document constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-court
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

WAS ADAMS ' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT CONDUCTED A TRIAL AND
ENTERED A JUDGMENT, WITHOUT HAVING SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION BECAUSE NO VALID CHARGING DOCUMENT
EXISTED OR WAS IN FORCE AND EFFECT

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Adams' constitutional right to due process was violated when the trial court conducted a trial and entered a judgment without subject matter jurisdiction due to the absence of a valid charging document

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
Waiver of right of respondent Ricky Dixon to respond filed.
2025-09-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2025)

Attorneys

Duane Adams
Duane E. Adams — Petitioner
Ricky Dixon
Sonya Roebuck HorbeltOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent