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7 May 2019, 6:23 am by Tom Church
Secretary, Department of Corrections and Attorney General, State of Florida, No. 18-10767 (April 12, 2019) The Court held that the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner’s § 2254 motion as untimely after he filed a defective postconviction motion in state court. [read post]
15 Jul 2016, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (11th Cir., July 14, 2016), the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals held that under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Florida must provide kosher meals for inmates with a sincere religious basis for demanding such meals. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 9:40 am by Tom Church
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections and Attorney General, State of Florida; Nos. 15-14347 and 18-11604 (March 22, 2019) The Court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review the district court’s denial of a § 2254 petitioner’s motions for substitute counsel. [read post]
13 Aug 2018, 7:30 am by Whittel & Melton, LLC
Rick Scott, informing him, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Julie Jones, secretary for the Department of Corrections, that the department had launched a federal probe into conditions at Lowell. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, filed 8/14/2012), alleges that Florida's "dietary policies force prisoners with a religious basis for consuming kosher meals to violate their core religious beliefs on a daily basis. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 7:22 am
Charlie Crist has named Walt McNeil, left, the new Corrections Department secretary. [read post]
3 May 2015, 4:30 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, April 30, 2015), a Florida federal district court held that the blanket denial of kosher meals violates RLUIPA, and issued a permanent injunction requiring the state to provide kosher meals to those prisoners with a sincere religious belief requiring kosher meals. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, Dec. 6, 2013), the court held that the United States was likely to prevail on the merits of its claim that Florida's religious diet policy violates RLUIPA.The court held that Florida had not shown a compelling interest in a blanket denial of kosher food to prisoners-- in part because the state argued somewhat inconsistently that it was committed to providing kosher meals to… [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, (SD FL, Aug. 12, 2015), the court settled on the final language for the injunction it issued by separate order. [read post]
20 Sep 2007, 2:45 am
State rejected execution safeguard Before a prolonged execution last year, the Florida Department of Corrections decided against using a machine to ensure an inmate is fully unconscious before lethal chemicals are injected.An Aug. 15, 2006 memo from department attorney Sara Dyehouse recommended the use of a bispectral index monitor in executions. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 1:24 pm by David Markus
§ 2000cc et seq., prevents the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections from denying kosher meals to inmates whose sincere religious beliefs require them to keep kosher. [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 12:00 pm
Charlie Crist named former Florida Corrections Secretary Harry Singletary and four other members Friday to a commission that will study the state's lethal injection procedure after a botched execution. [read post]
22 Sep 2007, 9:54 am
  LINKBefore a prolonged execution last year, the Florida Department of Corrections decided against using a machine to ensure an inmate is fully unconscious before lethal chemicals are injected. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 3:38 pm by Rick Hasen
Brennan Center email blast: Florida’s Secretary of State announced today that the state will not suspend its voter purging efforts, despite a warning from the Department of Justice that it may violate federal law. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 4:30 pm by PascoDUI
He’s the secretary of Florida’s Department of Corrections, and he has an ambitious plan to reduce Florida’s recidivism rate — now at 32.8 percent — to 17 percent in three to five years. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 2:23 pm
Florida's new Corrections Secretary, James McDonough says "corruption had become a cancer on the department. [read post]
14 Sep 2007, 11:02 pm
Secretary James McDonough and George Sapp waited in a room located in the "Q wing" at Florida State Prison during the Diaz execution. [read post]