The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today determined that oral arguments will be necessary in John Doe #1, et al v. Miami-Dade County, et al (Case No. 19-10254).
The appeal originates from a case initiated in 2014 brought on behalf of registrants in Miami-Dade County who were legislated into homelessness by a Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR). The consequences of the Miami-Dade SORR resulted in one of the most widely recognized unintended consequences – a cluster of more than 100 homeless registrants who have been shuffled around encampments in Miami-Dade for more than a decade. The most famous of which began more than a decade ago under the Julia Tuttle Causeway and the same cluster has been evicted from their most recent encampment a couple months ago.
Since attorneys for the registrant Plaintiffs brought the appeal, they are glad the appellate court will afford the opportunity to hear oral arguments in the case. The registrant community is also appreciative that we will “have our day in court”. That said, oral arguments are no indication of the outcome of the case, so keep your positive thoughts and prayers coming.
Much thanks to the ACLU for this (now second) trip up to the 11th Circuit in this case and for sticking with it for the last 6 years!
Has anyone seen this case, it provides very limited relief but is still a win.
https://www.floridajusticeinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Order-for-Entry-of-Judgment-07198942xB3B17.pdf
This was OUR case.
what is the location of the arguments? how about we get a lot of people to go and support the ACLU
any date?
Congrats from Colorado!!
This wouldn’t happen if the entire state along with the counties had to abide by a set limit, and that limit only. No setting their own standards. It’s like having your Dad tell you that anyone who doesn’t clean their room is grounded for a week, and than your sister tells the youngest that if you don’t clean up your room, than you are grounded for a week and have to do the dishes, and than big brother tells you that if you don’t clean up your room, than you are grounded for a week and have to do the dishes and wash the laundry.
I think the Feds should have set the maximum so thing’s would be the same in every state in the beginning instead of the maze of what we have now
Congrats Floridians, from Texas! This may be only a small step forward toward eventual success, but as they say, its not where you are, but in which direction you’re headed!
Hope against hope. The pendulum is always swinging, albeit slow at times.