Watts v. Buck

By petition for writ of certiorari, Nathaniel Watts, a convicted felon presently incarcerated at Dade Correctional Institute, seeks review of the trial court’s orders 1) suspending prosecution of Watts’ legal malpractice action against his criminal defense attorney until restoration of Watts’ civil rights and 2) denying Watts’ subsequent motion for appointment of counsel in that civil proceeding. We deny the petition.

As to the first point, we find no clear departure from the essential requirements of law in the trial court’s ruling that petitioner’s right to maintain this particular action…