TAMPA, Fla. — Suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren is taking his case to the Florida Supreme Court.
Removed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, the twice-elected prosecutor lost his federal lawsuit to get his job back in January. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled that although the governor violated both the Florida Constitution and Warren’s free speech rights, the judge did not have the authority under the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reinstate Warren.
Warren appealed that decision to a federal appeals court in Atlanta Tuesday. Late Wednesday, he took his shot with the Florida Supreme Court by filing a petition there, arguing that since the federal judge ruled that the governor’s reasons for removing him were illegal, he should be returned to office.
