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Kenneth J. O'Brien v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10799 · judgment June 3, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800, under which Petitioner was arrested, charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, enacted in accordance with the strict mandates found in the Florida Constitution and Statutes?

  2. Are Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800 constitutionally valid, Statutes, or are they invalid, of no force or effect, and unconstitutional, from the effective date of October 1, 1974?

  3. Have the lower Courts erred, and violated the Florida and U.S. Constitutions’ protections against violation of due process and equal protection of the law, when the lower Courts failed to hear and rule on a constitutional question of law, as a matter of great public importance, with every lower Court ignoring the law and issue completely?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kenneth J. O'Brien

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A98

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Sep 24 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2026)
  4. Jul 23 2025
    Application (25A98) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until October 1, 2025.
  5. Jul 10 2025
    Application (25A98) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 1, 2025 to October 1, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.