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No. 25-1041October Term 2025Dismissed

Docket 25-1041October Term 2025 (2025–2026)

Anthony Lewis v. HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Case status

Current stage
Dismissed
Latest event
Dismissed
Decision timing
No window until argument is scheduled.
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision Released
What it's about

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Question presented

1. Whether the district court deprived Dr. Lewis and his counsel of their statutory or procedural right to amend the First Amended Complaint without leave of court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). 2. Whether the district court violated Dr. Lewis’s and his counsel’s First Amendment right to petition pursuant to the holding in NAACP v. Button, 371 U.S. 415 (1963) (First Amendment) and its progeny. 3. Whether the district court violated Dr. Lewis’s and his counsel’s Thirteenth Amendment right to petition pursuant to the holding in Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3, 22 (1883) (Thirteenth Amendment; Civil Rights Act of 1866) and its progeny.

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Dismissed

Area

First Amendment, Civil Rights

Grounding

Grounding
Primary-source trail available.
Note
Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
Checked
Jul 30, 2026
Primary materials3