Hill v. Butterworth

PUBLISH IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________________ FILED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 97-2192 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________________ 2/18/03 THOMAS K. KAHN D.C. Docket No. 4:96-CV-288-MMP CLERK CLARENCE E. HILL, of himself as an individual and on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ROBERT A. BUTTERWORTH, Attorney General for the State of Florida and HARRY K. SINGLETARY, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections. Defendants-Appellants. ________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida _________________________________________________________________ (July 30, 1998) Petition for Rehearing Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, FAY and FARRIS*, Senior Circuit Judges. ____________________________ *Honorable Jerome Farris, Senior U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation. HATCHETT, Chief Judge: In light of Calderon v. Ashmus, 118 S. Ct. 1694 (1998), we grant Florida’s petition for rehearing, vacate our previous opinion, Hill v. Butterworth, 133 F.3d 783 (11th Cir. 1997), reverse the judgment of the district court, and remand the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the complaint for want of a justiciable case or controversy. See Hill, 133 F.3d at 785 n.7 (Florida raised this issue on appeal).* REVERSED and REMANDED. * Florida’s motion to stay is denied as moot. 2