Andrew Warren, Attorney Fired by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Files Return to Work Appeal

TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The state’s attorney-elect, removed from office by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is filing an appeal of his federal lawsuit against the governor in a new bid to get his job back.

Andrew Warren, Hillsborough County’s two-time Democrat-elected two-time State Attorney, filed a Notice of Appeal in the case Tuesday, seeking to take it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta.

Last year, DeSantis suspended Warren from office due to prosecutors signing statements saying he would not prosecute individuals seeking or providing abortion or gender reassignment treatments, and a policy not to charge people with some minor crimes.

The notice of appeal came a month after the federal judge’s decision in Tallahassee. dismissed Warren’s claim against DeSantis.

In that ruling, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle stated that federal law prevented him from returning Warren to office despite a lawsuit based on state law, but that DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by firing the prosecutor.

“The idea that a governor can get away with violating federal and state law should offend anyone who believes in freedom — free speech, free elections, and that no one is above the law,” Warren said on Tuesday. your statement. “We proved that DeSantis broke the law, and I will continue to fight until I return to the job for which I was chosen by the people.”