ELA v. DESTEFANO

No. 16-11548.

869 F.3d 1198 (2017)

Theresa Ann ELA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kathleen DESTEFANO, individually a.k.a. Kathleen Ela, Jerry L. Demings, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Orange County, John Does 1-30, acting in their individual capacity, Jane Does 1-30, acting in their individual capacity, Orange County, Sheriff Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

(August 30, 2017).


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherri DeWitt , Moses Robert DeWitt , David Anthony Malatesta , DeWitt Law Firm, PA, ORLANDO, FL, Robin M. Wolpert , Sonia Miller-Van Oort , Sapientia Law Group, PLLC, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Adriana Jisa , Bruce Wallace Jolly , Purdy Jolly Giuffreda & Barranco, PA, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

John M. Baker , Greene Espel, PLLP, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Sarah Marie Shalf , Emory University School of Law, ATLANTA, GA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before TJOFLAT and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and ROBRENO, District Judge.


Theresa Ela sued Kathleen Destefano, an Orange County Sheriff's Deputy, for improperly accessing and viewing her private information on Florida driver's license databases. Following a jury trial, the district court granted Ela's motion for judgment as a matter of law and held Destefano...

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