Grim Reaper' Lawyer Who Sued Desantis Backed by Fla. Judge: Half Off

10 Orlando Sentinel | Section 1 | Thursday, September 16, 2021
‘Grim Reaper’ lawyer who sued

DeSantis backed by Fla. judge
By Dara Kam pursue an appeal. it is my view that legal action, the Floridian has the right to
News Service of Florida But in February, a three- the independence of coun- seek an appeal of that deci-
judge panel of the Talla- sel and requirements that sion,” the former Supreme
TALLAHASSEE — A hassee-based appeals court lawyers be strong advocates Court justice wrote.
former Florida Supreme asked The Florida Bar to are pillars of our democ- Lewis and Benton, who
Court justice has lined up consider sanctions against racy. The independence of spent 17 years as an adminis-
in support of a Santa Rosa Uhlfelder, accusing the the judiciary is also key to trative law judge prior to his
Beach attorney who’s the attorney of using the lawsuit preserving our liberties and appointment to the Tallahas-
focus of investigations after as a publicity stunt. Days independence of counsel see-based appeals court in Florida attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, dressed as the Grim Reaper,
he dressed up as the Grim later, appellate Judges Brad essential to our adversarial 1994, also noted that DeSan- talks with reporters after walking the newly opened beach
Reaper and sued Gov. Ron Thomas, Susan Kelsey and system.” tis’ handling of the pandemic near Destin on May 1, 2020. DEVON RAVINE/AP
DeSantis for refusing to Adam Tanenbaum took the Lewis and Benton said has sparked numerous
shut down state beaches last rare step of ordering a state Carroll praised Uhlfelder lawsuits, including others berg wrote. Capital Bureau, which is affil-
year amid the COVID-19 attorney to pursue sanctions for filing the lawsuit and that wound up at the 1st “If The Florida Bar disci- iated with the Democrat.
pandemic. against Uhlfelder because encouraged him to file an District. None of the lawyers plines Mr. Uhlfelder for this, “I do find it interesting
Daniel Uhlfelder garnered of a comment he made to a appeal. Lewis also wrote that in any of those cases has been it will be going down a very that this opinion attacking
national headlines for newspaper. Uhlfelder was expressing targeted for allegedly filing dangerous road that history my critiques of Gov. DeSan-
donning the costume to crit- In the Bar investiga- his First Amendment rights frivolous lawsuits, the former has shown is rife with prob- tis appeared just two days
icize DeSantis’ handling of tion, Uhlfelder’s lawyer has by seeking action from the jurists said. lems,” he wrote. after I launched a [politi-
the pandemic. As COVID- submitted affidavits from governor during a pandemic. In a Sept. 1 response to the The News Service wrote cal] committee to remove
19 cases surged throughout former Florida Supreme “When a citizen believes Bar grievance committee, about the Feb. 5 Bar probe Ron DeSantis,” Uhlfelder
the state in March 2020, Court Chief Justice R. Fred the governor is violating Richard Greenberg, an attor- decision in a story that was said during the interview,
Uhlfelder filed a lawsuit Lewis and former 1st District his constitutional duty to ney for Uhlfelder, echoed the published online by the Talla- referring to what is dubbed
asking a judge to order the Court of Appeal Chief Judge preserve the life and well-be- arguments made by Benton hassee Democrat, a News the Remove Ron political
governor to close beaches Robert Benton arguing that ing of his citizens, he has and Lewis and warned that Service subscriber. The story, committee.
and issue a “safer-at-home” Uhlfelder did nothing wrong. the right to bring that claim sanctions against Uhlfelder as published by the Demo- Walton County Circuit
order to curb the spread of “It is my opinion and before a court of general could set a dangerous prece- crat, also included comments Judge Scott Duncan in July
the virus. legal view that the lawsuit jurisdiction and, if the trial dent. DeSantis “does not get a that Uhlfelder made during a refused Uhlfelder’s request
Leon County Circuit and appeal were not frivo- court believes it cannot hear blank check” during a public brief interview with the USA that the case against him be
Judge Kevin Carroll in April lous,” Lewis, who served on it but encourages an appeal, health emergency, Green- TODAY NETWORK-Florida dismissed.
2020 found that he lacked the the Supreme Court for 21
authority to force the gover- years until his retirement in
nor to shut down beaches 2019, wrote in documents
and dismissed the case but provided by Uhlfelder. “I
encouraged Uhlfelder to submit this affidavit because
2 dead, 2 seriously
hurt in truck crash PROUDLY
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By Joe Mario Pedersen then left the roadway, strik-
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Orlando Sentinel ing two pine trees and then
entered a water-filled ditch
Two teenagers are dead on the south side of the road.
HALF
F OFF
and another two are seri- The 17-year-old was
ously injured after a crash partially ejected from the
between two trucks Tuesday
night on a Volusia County
highway.
Around 8 p.m., a 17-year-
truck and was pronounced
dead at the scene, Crescenzi
said. Troopers found he was
not wearing a seatbelt. A
get the 2nd item
old Osteen boy was driv- 19-year-old Osteen man was
ing a pickup truck east on a passenger in the front seat
Osteen Maytown Road and was also pronounced
west of Uranus Trail when dead at the scene.
a 50-year-old Osteen man Two passengers in the
PLUS
was driving a pickup truck back, a 14-year-old Osteen
12 MONTHS
westbound on the opposite boy and an 18-year-old
side of the road, accord- Deltona man, were seriously
ing to the Florida Highway injured and were taken to
Patrol. the hospital.
The 17-year-old exited The other truck driver
onto a left-hand curve suffered minor injuries and
abruptly, lost control of the
truck and overturned multi-
was not taken to the hospi-
tal. Troopers are still inves- SPECIAL FINANCING AVAILABLE
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into the westbound truck,
said the FHP’s Sgt. Tara Jpedersen@orlandosentinel.
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Thousands line up at
Sarasota mask event
By Tiffini Theisen “If the physicians meet
Orlando Sentinel the requirements and the
intent of the policy, they
Former national secu- will be accepted,” spokes-
rity adviser Michael man Craig Maniglia told
Flynn, guards in camou- the newspaper. “There’s
flage toting semi-auto- not much we can do.”
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matic rifles, and hundreds The event took place a
of families seeking opt-out couple of weeks after the
letters for school mask district changed its rules
rules attended an event to no longer accept medi-
Sunday in Sarasota County cal exemption forms from
where doctors handed out chiropractors.
the notes, according to a In early September, Dr.
news report. Dan Busch, who runs the
After an estimated 1,500 Twin Palms Chiroprac-
to 3,000 people showed up tic practice in Venice, had
at The Hollow, a wedding signed about a third of all
venue in Venice, for the the medical exemption
event, a Sarasota Schools forms received across the
spokesman said the district entire school district.
was “bracing for up to Busch helped promote
2,000” forms, the Sarasota Sunday’s event on social
Herald-Tribune reported. media.
Police: Mom, daughter

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By Lisa Maria Garza issued for Pablo Hernandez.
Orlando Sentinel Authorities said in the flyer
that he and his daughter may
A 19-year-old woman, have traveled to Mexico.
abducted at age 6 from Cler- The teenager told Venc-
mont in 2007, reunited with es-Salgado that she was in
her mother last week in Texas Mexico and requested they
at the U.S.-Mexico border meet at the point of entry
after reaching out to her in Laredo, Texas on Friday,
on social media, the police Razo said.
department said Monday. Vences-Salgado contacted
Angelica Vences-Salgado Clermont police, who
told Clermont police that worked with local and
she received a message on federal agencies to verify
Sept. 2 from someone claim- Hernandez’s identity, Razo
ing to be her missing daugh- said.
ter, Jacqueline Hernandez, But the statement from
according to agency spokes- Clermont police omitted key
person Sgt. Erin Razo. details, including whether
Hernandez was allegedly
taken by her father, Pablo
authorities are still pursu-
ing Pablo Hernandez. It also CUSTOMIZABLE! SOLID WOOD!
Hernandez, on Dec. 2, 2007, didn’t explain how Jacque-
the Florida Department of line Hernandez made it back
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