Legal Opinion
Beatrice S. Wood and Sandra Surburg Ritter, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Orange County and Kenneth Kienth
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1983No. 81-6176PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
This suit arises out of liens entered against plaintiffs Sandra Ritter and Beatrice Wood in Florida courts, and pursuant to a Florida statute, for the value of legal services provided them in criminal cases by a state public defender. Plaintiffs allege that the liens were entered in' violation of their due process rights; defendants Orange County and Kenneth Kienth, comptroller of Orange County, seek to enforce the liens.
We must decide in this interlocutory appeal whether the district court has subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ suit. The district court denied…
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