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Shain Gordon Shaw v. Florida
IFP petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District, No. 4D2024-1010 · judgment August 13, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether the state court erred in upholding, contrary to U.S. v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998), and the Excessive Fines Clause, a mandatory fine pursuant to a statute that does not allow any proportionality considerations?
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Whether the state court erred in affirming, contrary to the holdings of the supreme courts of other states and the Excessive Fines Clause, fines and surcharges imposed under statutes that do not allow consideration of the defendant’s ability to pay?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Jeffrey L. Anderson
Office of the Public Defender
For respondent
David Morgan Steven Dewhirst
Office of the Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jul 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 06 2026Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed.
- May 27 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 6, 2026. See Rule 30.1.
- May 26 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 3, 2026 to July 3, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 04 2026Response Requested. (Due June 3, 2026)
- Apr 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 17 2026Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
- Mar 17 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 14, 2026)