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Earl Casperson Meggison v. Florida
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, No. 5D2023-2383 · judgment October 22, 2024
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether the Court should resolve the following question for which the state courts are split: is it a violation of constitutional ex post facto principles to apply the current – and more onerous – removal provision of a state’s sex offender registration statute to a petitioner seeking removal from the registry.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Robert Ufferman
Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.
For respondent
Kristen Lynn Davenport
Suite 500
Proceedings
- Apr 21 2025Petition DENIED.
- Mar 26 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
- Mar 24 2025Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
- Feb 20 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 27, 2025)
- Jan 15 2025Application (24A695) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until February 20, 2025.
- Jan 10 2025Application (24A695) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 20, 2025 to February 20, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.