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Ashley Ann Krapacs v. The Florida Bar

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC19-277 · judgment July 8, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021

Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Question presented

The Florida Bar, an integrated Bar system under the jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court, has disbarred an attorney who has posted what amounts to “contentbased political speech” on various social media platforms, wrote a blog and hosted a program on a YouTube channel. The question presented is whether the state action of disbarment is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Ashley Ann Krapacs

For respondent
Richard D. Courtemanche Jr.
The Florida Bar

Case

Subject area
First Amendment (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Orders
Order list, January 11, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Order list, March 29, 2021 · Rehearing denied

Proceedings

Mar 29 2021
Rehearing DENIED.
Mar 10 2021
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
Feb 01 2021
Petition for Rehearing filed.
Jan 11 2021
Petition DENIED.
Dec 23 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Dec 02 2020
Waiver of right of respondent The Florida Bar to respond filed.
Nov 24 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 31, 2020)