Northern District Case Dismissed
While we never want a challenge to sex offender laws to be unsuccessful, we are relieved to see a case brought by Estes-Hightower in the Northern District of Florida was dismissed last week.
We had previously written about this firm and their lawsuit, suggesting they did a huge disservice to registrants in the State of Florida (and Texas) by filing a weak and clumsy complaint. The Judge agreed, noting it was “long on background and short on focus”.
Our fear was that their lawsuit would be allowed to proceed in it’s current form and had the potential to create very bad precedent as Does 1-5 v. Swearingen proceeds through the Southern District of Florida. That is always a fear of ours as inexperienced lawyers or pro-se litigants bring forth cases that might be well meaning, but are actually harmful to our cause.
While the Court gave Ms. Estes-Hightower leave to Amend, it is our sincere hope that she will seriously consider the options and entertain our invitation to reach out for some guidance and help from those who have offered it to her.
Estes-Hightower – Order dismissing
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BTW…THE Estes-Hightower Law Firm is Permanently Closed
Their Website Name is For Re-sell on GoDaddy.com
‘They’ had a Satelite Office in Orlando…aka another Law Firm on Referral in order to ‘Get Standing’ in a Florida Court of Law!
Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Stay Healthy and Safe!
Where do you see that it is permanently closed???
There is nothing on the website: http://www.esteshightower.com/
Seems she’s transitioned to a document preparation company: https://pleadwrite.com/ just like Clear My Case!
“Document prep” is a good way to characterize her motions challenging the registry.
Hope she is now applying her skills in a more useful way.
Good Lord, not wonder it was dismissed. Sounds like they might be a bit shady ?
I mean, she’s licensed to practice law.
https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=231107
It was in a ‘Google’ Search that came up with that information….
…and ‘she’ has transitioned to a document company?!?!….maybe that is where her intellectual talents and pursuits are better suited!