WARREN v. DESANTIS

No. 23-10459.

90 F.4th 1115 (2024)

Andrew H. WARREN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ron DESANTIS, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: January 11, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. O'Neil , Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, Washington, DC, Jean-Jacques Cabou , Margo Rose Casselman , Alexis Danneman , Matthew Robert Koerner , Perkins Coie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Matthew Newton , David B. Singer , Older Lundy Alvarez & Koch, Tampa, FL, Marisa L. Pagan-Figueroa , Samantha B. Singh , Jane Tien , Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Henry Charles Whitaker , Florida Attorney General Service, Robert Scott Schenck , Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Jeff Aaron , GrayRobinson, PA, Orlando, FL, David M. Costello , Florida Attorney General's Office, Office of the Solicitor General, Tampa, FL, George T. Levesque , GrayRobinson, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Adam Granich Unikowsky, Jenner & Block, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae William D. Araiza, Clay Calvert, Erwin Cherminsky, Genevieve Lakier, Toni Massaro, Leonard M. Neihoff, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Susan M. Gilles, Daniel T. Kobil.

Joshua Rosenthal, Public Rights Project, Oakland, CA, for Amicus Curiae Public Rights Project.

Mathura Sridharan, Office of the Solicitor General, Columbus, OH, for Amid Curiae State of Ohio, State of Alabama, State of Arkansas, State of Georgia, State of Kentucky, State of Louisiana, State of Mississippi, State of Missouri, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of South Carolina, State of South Dakota, State of Texas, State of Utah, State of West Virginia.

Robert Wayne Evans, Benjamin Michael Lagos, Allen Norton & Blue, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Amici Curiae Florida Sheriffs Association, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

Robert Wayne Evans, Benjamin Michael Lagos, Allen Norton & Blue, PA, Tallahassee, FL, John David Marsey, Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Police Chiefs Association.

Before Jill Pryor and Newsom, Circuit Judges, and Conway, District Judge.


We vacate our previous opinion and substitute the following.

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Voters elected Andrew Warren to serve as the state attorney for Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. While serving, Warren implemented new policies and advocated reforms. Based on Warren's policies and advocacy, Florida Governor Ron...

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