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Federal Courts

Florida’s Policing of Public Restroom Gender Draws Federal Lawsuit from Trans and Nonbinary Group

September 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Such a sign, at Motorworks, the pub in Orlando, would no longer be allowed in publicly owned venues. (© FlaglerLive)

A group of transgender and nonbinary people on Friday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida law requiring people to use public restrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth, asking a judge to block enforcement before an upcoming march in Orlando.

Nancy Abudu, Former ACLU-Florida’s legal Director, Seated Friday at 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

September 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Nancy Abudu (Wikimedia Commons)

Nancy Abudu, former legal director for the ACLU of Florida, will be installed as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday in Atlanta. In doing so, she will make history as the first Black woman to serve on that court, which has jurisdiction over all of Florida.

Lawsuit Calls Florida’s New Immigration Law Unconstitutional and ‘Xenophobic’

July 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A coalition of groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court over Florida’s recently enacted immigration law, specifically challenging the section of the law that makes it a felony for individuals to transport an undocumented immigrant across state lines as being unconstitutional.

Florida Law Banning Kids at Drag Shows Blocked and Termed Unconstitutionally Vague

June 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Operators of Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary’s, which has run “family friendly” drag shows for 15 years, filed a legal challenge shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law restricting children from attending “adult live performances.”

Indian Trails Middle School Teacher Suing District Has a New Attorney, and Seeks Trial

June 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

JaWanda Dove, a teacher at Indian Trails Middle School, seen here in an image from a brochure by the African American Entrepreneurs Club, where she was a guest speaker in 2018.

Indian Trails Middle School teacher JaWanda Dove’s employment discrimination case against the Flagler County school district is back on track toward a trial date as both sides also continue to seek an out-of-court settlement.

A Federal Lawsuit Is Filed Against Florida School District, Calling Book Bans Unconstitutional

May 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes has been banned in numerous school districts, including in Florida. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

The lawsuit is against the Escambia County School District and its local school board. Plaintiffs include PEN America, powerhouse publisher Penguin Random House, several authors, and parents of children. A remedy: Return books to school library shelves, particularly books considered “targeted,” according to the lawsuit.

Federal Judge Signs Order Releasing Flagler County Dunes Easement It Sought for 3 Years

May 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A federal judge late this afternoon signed the order approving a settlement agreement between the county and Cynthia d’Angiolini, who for three years had held out from signing an easement that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes south of the Flagler Beach pier.

Indian Trails Teacher JaWanda Dove Loses Her Attorney Over Refusal to Settle Discrimination Suit Against District

May 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

JaWanda Dove, a teacher at Indian Trails Middle School, seen here in an image from a brochure by the African American Entrepreneurs Club, where she was a guest speaker in 2018.

Almost three years after filing an employment discrimination suit against Flagler County schools, and a few settlement offers that even her attorney implored her to accept, Indian Trails Middle School teacher JaWanda Dove may now head for trial representing herself, as her own attorney asked the court to be relieved of representing her.

Lawyer Defending Woman in Palm Coast Rape and Deceit Claim Is Arrested on Child Porn Charges

April 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Michael Dolce in a Florida Bar portrait.

Michael Dolce, the 53-year-old lawyer representing a woman who claims she was raped by a physician in his Palm Coast condominium in 2017, was arrested at the end of March on charges of possessing child sexual abuse imagery, according to court papers and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Block Execution of Flagler’s Louis Gaskin, Set for Wednesday

April 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Louis Gaskin, right, who is to die by lethal injection on April 12, appeared by zoom from the state prison in Raiford for a court hearing in Bunnell before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. (© FlaglerLive)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the execution of Death Row inmate Louis Gaskin, who is slated to face lethal injection Wednesday in the 1989 murders of a Flagler County couple.

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