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The judge rules that Sarasota City Commissioner Kyle Battie was acting in his capacity as an elected official and is immune from civil action for comments made about resident Kelly Franklin.
According to reports of Missouri’s 42nd Judicial Circuit:
Florida's highest court on Thursday rejected an effort by a suspended state attorney to get reinstated after she was removed from office last year by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in his second suspension of a Democratic prosecutor. Supreme Court justices voted 6-1 to deny a petition from suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell of the 9th Judicial Circuit, which serves metro Orlando. The majority of justices said they disagreed with her arguments that DeSantis' reasons for suspending her were to
The Florida Supreme Court denied Monique Worrell's petition against Governor Ron DeSantis following her suspension in 2023.
Monique Worrell was suspended from her position after Gov. DeSantis said her criminal justice administration was "derelict."