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Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. v. Suwannee River Water Management District

Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, No. 1D21-1762 · judgment May 19, 2022


Certiorari denied · November 14, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

In this matter, the Florida First District Court of Appeal verbally stated on February 12, 2009; “We’re dealing with — an agency can only act with the authority that’s extended to it”. Also, in its 2017 decision, the same court holds; “draining a pond and flooding fields, isn’t part and parcel of the judicial process, or functional to the work of judges”. But now, a county judge rules that Petitioner owes Respondent (agency) $123,990.38. l.In Florida, can a county judge be elevated to permanent state circuit court duty outside his county solely by assignment of a state circuit judge, ignoring the requirements of Florida Statute 26.57 and violating the Due Process Clause?

  1. In this case, does the award of $123,990.38 to Suwannee River Water Management District constitute cruel and unusual punishment violating Amendment VIII of the United States Constitution?

  2. Whether Petitioner’s right to trial by jury provided by Amendment VII of the United States Constitution was violated in state court case number 11-340CA?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jeffrey Lance Hill Sr.

For respondent
George Thomas Reeves
Davis, Browning, et al.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 14 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 25 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
  3. Oct 21 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Suwannee Water Management to respond filed.
  4. Oct 06 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 14, 2022)