Judge Paul Huck granted the Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in our lawsuit challenging the Miami-Dade residency restriction.
While it was not a surprise, it was nonetheless extremely disappointing to have our case dismissed.
The lawsuit, which was filed by the ACLU in Federal Court on behalf of the Florida Action Committee and homeless registrants living alongside the railroad tracks, sought to challenge the county-wide 2500 foot residency restriction.
FAC will be speaking with our Attorneys to determine next steps and will keep members in the loop. Please keep up the fight!
I monitor Florida media (those that show up in Google News, which includes TV stations that file transcripts), and Jax is unquestionably the worst media in the state on SOs.
was the reason the judge gave based on technical reasons?
Karen – we will check with the Attorneys to see whether it’s OK to post the order and will do so if they say it’s OK.
Why was it dismissed?
That was such a ray of light in such a dark future here in Miami for registered citizens!
We will have more information as well as next steps shortly.
Why did I not think it would turn out any differently? I guess I don’t have any confidence left in America after living through murderers’, drug dealers’, etc , targeting children and only getting a stint in the slammer for a few short years.
It is beyond me why I have served my time as imposed by the court but, find myself year after year putting myself on a registry.
I don’t have any confidence in the American people or the justice system any more.
I lost confidence in the so-called justice system about a decade ago when all this hysteria began. Now, in Jacksonville, if you are designated a predator, you can’t even enroll in FSCJ. If you are an offender, you might be able to. This is a recently enacted policy change, not publicized to my knowledge: http://www.fscj.edu/discover-fscj/public-safety-security
Be sure to read the document they reference also. I only found out about this after attempting to register for a summer class and getting a hold message.
The public shaming and restrictions go on unabated and increasing every year. There is no hope.
Forgot to mention this new policy was brought on, in part, by media hysteria aka yellow journalism:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-11-26/story/registry-shows-high-number-sex-offenders-jacksonville-campuses
Gee, let me see….high number….according to FSCJ, they have over 55,000 students. So, 51 enrolled at FSCJ out of 55,220….yeah, that’s a pretty high number…..less than 1/10 of 1 percent!!!!
http://www.fscj.edu/discover-fscj/about-us