Oral Argument in EPF I to take place week of May 16.
Oral Argument in the Ex Post Facto I case (which is on appeal to the 11th Circuit) was granted (good news) and will take place in Miami during the week of May 16, 2022.
In 2020, only 11% of the cases in the 11th Circuit were granted Oral Argument. This is a good thing!!!
FAC, have the lawyers here argued before the 11th before?
I have a feeling we have the best lawyers for this, but wanted to get a better feel. I still remember how the inexperienced attorney in Colorado bombed before the 10th, on a similar issue.
Great news regardless.
Yes.
Is it public event
Any news that moves these cases forward are good to me. I’ll be honest after reading the three posts tonight, I’m fearful for the other foot to fall as it often does when we get good news. For tonight I’ll feel good and be hopeful to having the right to live the life I have earned.
Sending my support in the form of prayers.
So, Should I/We make plans to be present at this Hearing ?? Cause I’ll make plans for sure !!
You should not
Oh no, I better see if I can get my deposit back for the party bus I rented for the group we were taking :)~
It would be nice though that if a ton of us could show up in force at some of the court hearings and put real faces to families and loved ones who are hurting due to the draconian laws we are held down by each day of our and our families lives.
How many FAC members are in Tallahassee or within driving distance if a bill’s hearing drops out of nowhere allowing public testimony? I hope people take advantage of personally attending making their voices heard otherwise things could get worse. Let’s go Florida’s registrants and put the legislators on notice we won’t take the bs no more. They need to stop giving us lines and get out our lives.
Brandon
One of the reason people do NOT attend these is, you (As far as a I know) cannot remain anonymous and have to give your full name to speak. It is part of the public record and many do not wanted to be “outed” and harassed later on. That happened to me and a bunch of people showed up at my work and got me fired.
That is also what is weird. They tell us we cannot be a Jane doe or john doe in Florida and have to use our names in court but I see recently cases where they are starting to let people do that. Such as Does vs Swearingen. Guess it depends on the judge???
CherokeeJack
Man I can’t use my alias Semore Lee Butts at public hearings anymore. Oh man what a world and there goes my week.
Which one of the cases below is the one referenced above?
Party Name Case Number Case Title Court Date Filed Date Closed
Florida Action Committee, Inc. 0:2015prici14336 John Doe #1, et al v.
Miami-Dade County, Florida, et al U.S. Court Of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
09/25/2015 01/25/2017
Florida Action Committee, Inc. (pla) 6:2015cv01525 Florida Action Committee, Inc. v. Seminole County et al Florida Middle District Court 09/15/2015 10/25/2016Florida Action Committee, Inc. (pla) 1:2014cv23933 Doe et al v. Miami-Dade County et al Florida Southern District Court 10/23/2014 12/19/2018
Florida Action Committee, Inc. (dft) 9:2017cv81128 ClearMyCase, LLC v. Florida Action Committee, Inc. Florida Southern District Court 10/06/2017 01/18/2018
None of them.
It is: 21-10644 Jane Doe, et al v. Richard Swearingen (in the lower court it was: 1:18-cv-24145-KMW)
I thought Jane Doe was EPF II.
They are now both titled Jane Doe because one of the Plaintiffs in the first case was the sister of a registrant.
I know it’s confusing because the Clerk’s office in the Appellate Court (11th Circuit) entered Jane Doe as the first plaintiff, whereas in the lower court (Southern District) it was labeled Does #1-5.
EPF II only has one plaintiff who happens to be Jane Doe. Since EPF II will not be able to proceed anonymously, that case caption will soon change to the Plaintiff’s actual name (which I don’t want to promote because I don’t want to cause her even more attention), so Jane Doe v. Swearingen will be EPF I and XXXXX v. Swearingen will be EPF II.
For our purposes and to keep things simple, We’ll continue to refer to the cases as EPF I (which is currently on appeal in the 11th Circuit) and EPF II which is in the Northern District of Florida.
Thank you.
I understand that this comment is not directly connected to the case in article (actually neither case mentioned in this article) but what’s the status of the Brevard county ordinance suit?