Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court of the United States · Official docket →

Samuel Lee Smith, Jr. v. Florida

IFP petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2025-1524 · judgment October 1, 2025


Certiorari denied · May 4, 2026

Question presented

Did the Florida Supreme Court wrongly dismiss the Petitioner’s appeal after Petitioner was arrested without any legal basis or cause, and the lower court judges violated due process, procedural due process, access to courts, Petitioner’s right to notice and the opportunity to be heard, which effectively prevented the Petitioner from defending himself in violation of the Petitioner’s 5th and 14th Amendment Right. Did the judges abuse their power by denying the Petitioner effective assistance of counsel, violating Petitioners Sixth Amendment Rights, which results in an abuse of power by the state?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Samuel Lee Smith Jr.

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
25A766

Proceedings

  1. May 04 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
  3. Mar 02 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 6, 2026)
  4. Jan 02 2026
    Application (25A766) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 2, 2026.
  5. Dec 16 2025
    Application (25A766) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 30, 2025 to February 28, 2026, submitted to Justice Thomas.