Deanna Kent v. J.B. Thornhill

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION DEANNA KENT, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 8:25-cv-1530-KKM-LSG J.B. THORNHILL, Defendant. ___________________________/ REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION The pro se plaintiff Deanna Kent moves, Doc. 3, to proceed without prepaying fees or costs. The State Attorney for Polk County, Florida, charged Kent with “aggravated stalking,”1 and the state court assigned, over Kent’s objections, the defendant J.B. Thornhill as Kent’s public defender on May 30, 2025. Doc. 1, at 4-5, 12, 15. Kent sues Thornhill for civil rights violations under

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