Public Records Request - Florida Constitution & Civil Rights

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, s. 286.011, F.S., I hereby request the following records:

All documents regarding the opinion or precedent set forth by the Florida Supreme Court wherein the Florida Constitution is mentioned AND/OR wherein Civil Rights are mentioned from 2000 to 2023, on the day this request is processed.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

I would also appreciate an approximate time frame for this request to be processed. Depending of the time frame for the request to be fulfilled and any fees that may be incurred, I may revise the criteria.

If you deny any part of this request, please cite each specific exemption you think justifies your refusal to release the information and notify me of appeal procedures available under the law.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days.

Sincerely,

Bailey Pillon

To Whom It May Concern:

I sincerely appreciate your response and will look into your link. I do have a question, though. It doesn't pertain to the Florida Supreme Court, but am I able to request court documents from lower courts (namely, Seventh Judicial Circuit and also Fifth District Court of Appeal)? To my knowledge, these are the lower courts that federal jurisdiction over civil suits filed in Volusia County, Florida, to my knowledge.

The reason for this is because of PACER paywall, and the cost would quickly mount, and I unfortunately am not wealthy by any means. It seems like a low cost, but it is public record at the same time, unless the court documents are under seal or it is anonymized or something of that nature.

I questioned that the EEOC on providing court documents wherein AdventHealth is listed as plaintiff or defendant and they cited confidentiality. But the reason for my questioning was that there is no such confidentiality to court documents as they are publicly accessible, provided you can pay.

Sincerely,

Bailey Pillon