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Cheri Lynne Melchione v. Timothy Temple
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, No. 5D20-1188 · judgment October 9, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
QUESTION ONE: Did the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal’s unchecked power to withhold or strip jurisdiction from the Florida Supreme Court to hear cases involving the Florida and U.S. Constitutional Law violate the Mother’s constitutional rights; especially when it created a conflict of interest which allowed the Florida District Court to prevent their own ruling from being reviewed or overturned by the Florida Supreme Court? If allowed in state courts, could the U.S. District Court of Appeals also be granted the exclusive power to control the jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court which would give the U.S. District Court the ability to prevent their own cases from ever being reviewed or overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court? QUESTION TWO: Is it a constitutional violation for Florida courts to divide people into unequal classes where some people are allowed access to the jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court while other people (with cases of similar merit) are denied access to the Florida Supreme Court based exclusively on which party arbitrarily receives a “written opinion” from the Florida District Courts; but where there is no standard, no transparency, no oversight and no predictable process by which someone is granted the
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Cheri Lynne Melchione
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 28 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jun 08 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
- Mar 26 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2021)