Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Smith
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided April 4, 2025No. 2:24-cv-00111Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION JERRY L. HOFFMAN, Plaintiff, Case No. 2:24-cv-111-SPC-KCD v. OFFICER T. SMITH, CITY OF PUNTA GORDA, Defendants, / ORDER Plaintiff Jerry Hoffman sues the City of Punta Gorda and Officer T. Smith. Hoffman alleges he was waiving a flag with political speech on a City sidewalk when Smith wrote him a citation, thus violating his Constitutional rights. (Doc. 38.) Defendants move to compel Hoffman’s deposition. (Doc. 52.)1 Hoffman, in turn, seeks a protective order to prevent testifying. (Doc. 53.) Defendants have tried to…
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- Ricardo Lozano v. Maryland Casualty Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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