Braun v. Sager
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Susan Braun argues that a Florida court changed the legal nature of her self-represented case and decided it without giving her notice or a chance to object. She asks whether that violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
- Who it affects
- The denial ends Braun’s request for Supreme Court review but does not resolve her due-process claim.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The challenged state-court decision came from Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal.
Question presented
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment ’ s Due Process Clause permits a state court to recharacterize a self-represented citizen ’ s case, and adjudicate to finality, without informed notice and an opportunity to contest the recharacterization?
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