Opinion
SC21-777
06-23-2021
TONY WILLIAMS Petitioner(s) v. MARK A. HUNTER, SHERIFF Respondent(s)
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 122020CF000803CFAXMX
Because the relief Petitioner seeks pertains to an order issued by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the petition is hereby dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b), Fla. Const.; Abelman v. Booth, 62 U.S. 506, 515-16 (1858) ("[N]o State can authorize one of its judges or courts to exercise judicial power, by habeas corpus or otherwise, within the jurisdiction of another and independent Government."); see also Special Prosecutor of State of N.Y. v. U.S. Attorney for S. Dist. of New York, 375 F.Supp. 797, 806 (S.D.N.Y. 1974) (rejecting plaintiff's argument that a state court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1361 to compel an officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff). No motion for rehearing will be entertained by this Court.POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, COURIEL, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.