No. 25-6593

Jason Jones v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2026-01-15
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment immunities-clause incarceration-costs
Latest Conference: 2026-02-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are greater than a person's ability to pay thus violating the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment must restrict government from imposing costs of incarceration and criminal fines that are greater than a person's ability to pay thus violating the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment

Docket Entries

2026-02-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-02-10
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2025-10-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 17, 2026)

Attorneys

Florida
Richard Alexander Pallas Jr.State of Florida Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Jason Jones
Jason Jones — Petitioner