BILAL v. GEO CARE, LLC

No. 16-11722.

981 F.3d 903 (2020)

Jamaal Ali BILAL, f.k.a. John L. Burton, a.k.a. Superman, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEO CARE, LLC, FNU Garza, FCCC Custody Officer, individually and in his official capacity as Transport Officer, FNU Jarvis, FCCC Custody Officer, individually and in his official capacity as Transport Official, The Geo Group, Inc., Correct Care Solutions, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees, David Wilkins, Secretary, Department of Children & Families, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamaal Ali Bilal, Pro Se.

Valarie Linnen, Valarie Linnen, Esq , Atlantic Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Gregory A. Kummerlen , Wiederhold Kummerlen & Waronicki, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MARTIN, ROSENBAUM, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


The civilly committed may not be punished merely because they are civilly committed. And under the Fourteenth Amendment, they enjoy a substantive-due-process right to liberty interests in, among other things, safety and freedom from bodily restraint. So though the State may appropriately take measures to protect the public...

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