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Teresa Marie Gaffney v. The Florida Bar

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2021-0938 · judgment August 3, 2023


Certiorari denied · January 8, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Questions presented

  1. Whether it is a denial of due process, (1) notice; (2) an opportunity to be heard; and (3) an impartial tribunal, to not allow the Petitioner to conduct discovery, call witnesses to testify nor take depositions in a trial regarding her Bar License, the taking of property, violating the 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment.

  2. Whether it is a violation of due process and the 1st and 14th Amendments for the Florida Bar to file a Bar Complaint because the Petitioner filed a sexual harassment complaint against Judge Paul Huey.

  3. Whether it is a violation of due process for the Florida Bar to falsely claim that the Homestead Property of Petitioner was not her and her family’s Homestead Property in violation of the 5th and 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and Article X Section 4 of the Florida Constitution.

  4. Whether it is a violation of due process for the Florida Supreme Court to not accept a brief for being filed a few days late in violation of Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.540(b) and the 5th and 14th Amendments of the US Constitution.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George Fredrick Braun

For respondent
Mark L. Mason
The Florida Bar

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 08 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 13 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  3. Nov 29 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent The Florida Bar to respond filed.
  4. Nov 01 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 21, 2023)