Worrell suspension draws revamped lawsuit
A revised federal lawsuit claims Gov. Ron DeSantis violated voters’ due-process and First Amendment rights by suspending State Attorney Monique Worrell.
Arguing that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ suspension of Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell “disenfranchised” voters, a revised federal lawsuit alleges that DeSantis’ decision violated due-process and First Amendment rights.
Attorneys for voters David Caicedo and Rajib Chowdhury and the group Florida Rising Together filed the revised case June 28 in Orlando after U.S. District Judge Julie Sneed in May dismissed an earlier version. DeSantis last August issued an executive order suspending Worrell, a Democrat who was elected in 2020 in the 9th J...
