HOEFLING v. CITY OF MIAMI

No. 14-12482.

811 F.3d 1271 (2016)

James Edward HOEFLING, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Ricardo Roque, Jose Gonzalez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Ovelmen , Jason Patrick Kairalla , Michael Wolgin , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Forrest Lee Andrews , John Anthony Greco , Warren Bittner , Office of the Miami City Attorney, Miami, FL, Ronald Jay Cohen , Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JORDAN and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.


For about eight years, James Edward Hoefling, Jr. lived on his 29-foot sailboat in state waters off the South Florida coast. In August of 2010, however, City of Miami marine patrol officers seized the sailboat and had it destroyed. According to Mr. Hoefling—who sued the City...

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