# Banks v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

> Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · April 7, 2016 · 647 F. App'x 910

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9822622

## Case

- **Full name:** Chadwick BANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Attorney General, State of Florida, Governor of the State of Florida, Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer, Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner of Agriculture in His Official Capacity and as Members of the Clemency Board of Florida, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- **Decided:** April 7, 2016
- **Citations:** 647 F. App'x 910
- **Precedential status:** Unpublished
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Carnes
- **Judges:** Carnes, Wilson, Martin
- **Nature of suit:** NEW
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ED CARNES, Chief Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the result the Court reaches, which is to affirm the district court’s denial of the motion for appointment, after the fact, of attorney Terri L. Backhus to represent Chadwick Banks in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit and related application for stay of execution. And I agree that the reason it was proper to deny that motion is that the § 1983 lawsuit was futile. We need say nothing more. All else is dicta.

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