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Angela W. DeBose v. Florida Polytechnic University Board of Trustees
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2026-0072 · judgment January 15, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether the State of Florida violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment by imposing a prohibitive $1,000,000.00 security bond as a condition for a pro se litigant to maintain a civil action, thereby creating an insurmountable financial barrier to court access. See Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971).
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Whether a state appellate system violates the Fourteenth Amendment when it utilizes unelaborated decisions to insulate potentially void lower court orders from meaningful judicial review, effectively creating a jurisdictional void for litigants. See Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 455 U.S. 422 (1982). i
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Angela W. Debose
For respondent
Dwayne Antonio Robinson
Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Aug 17 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Jun 26 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jun 08 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 22 2026Supplemental brief of petitioner Angela W. DeBose filed. (Distributed)
- May 19 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- May 13 2026Waiver of right of respondent FL Polytechnic Univ. Bd. of Trustees to respond filed.
- Mar 19 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2026)