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Rose J. Spano v. The Florida Bar

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC00-2222, SC01-275, SC04-397, SC04-852, SC-04-2011 · judgment July 16, 2018


Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Petitioner, Rose Spano, questions the constitutionality of the Florida Supreme Court's decision to deny the Petitioner a right to an evidentiary hearing, and right to cross examination of witnesses in her bar disciplinary proceedings which created void judgments of suspension and disbarment. The lower court's denial of Petitioner's omnibus motion to Vacate Void Judgments, which were created by a denial of her (procedural and substantive) due process rights to an evidentiary hearing in bar disciplinary proceedings under the 5th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution, amounted to an unlawful taking of Petitioner's liberty and property interests (her Florida Bar license). Such a denial of Petitioner, Rose Spano's, constitutional rights to an evidentiary hearing and the right to cross examination of witnesses in bar disciplinary proceedings, is of such great importance to the public, that this issue deserves merit review.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Rose J. Spano

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 28 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Oct 15 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 16, 2018)