Johnson v. Governor of Florida 377 F.3d 1163

Thomas JOHNSON, Derrick Andre Thomas, Eric Robinson, Adam Hernandez, Kathryn Williams-Carpenter, Jau’Dohn Hicks, John Hanes, in their own right and as representatives of all ex-felon citizens of Florida, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Omali Yeshitela, Plaintiff, v. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Jeb Bush, Secretary of the State of Florida, Katherine Harris, Charlie Crist, Robert Milligan, William Nelson, Robert Crawford, Thomas Gallagher, in their roles as members of the Clemency Board of Florida, Beverly Hill, Alachua County Election Supervisor, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

No. 02-14469.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 20, 2004.

Jessie Allen, Deborah Goldberg, New York City, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Charles J. Cooper, David H. Thompson, Hamish Hume, Derek L. Shaffer, Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC, Robert C. Buschel, Buschel, Carter, Schwartzreich & Yates, Michael David Grullo, Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A., Fort Lauder-dale, FL, H. Ray Allen, III, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

James J. Benjamin, Jr., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, New York City, for Amicus Curiae, Alpert.

John Russell-Cotes Cosgrove, Menlo Park, CA, for Amicus Curiae, Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents.

Paul A. Engelmayer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York City, for Amicus Curiae, Holder.

Charles S. Treat, San Francisco, CA, for Seven Nonprofit Public Interest Organizations.

Mark L. Gross, Clay G. Guthridge, U.S Dept, of Justice, Washington, DC, Nancy Chung, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, New York City, Stacey Michelle Schwartz, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Amici Curiae, U.S.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CANES, BARKETT, HULL, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges*.