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Moe Dimanche
Born
Moliere Dimanche

(1987-11-07) November 7, 1987 (age 37)
Orlando, Florida, US
EducationSt. Johns River State College (associate degree)
OccupationNon-fiction author
Years active2016–present
Political partyIndependent
Moe Dimanche's voice
Moe Dimanche on Lake Nona job's market
WebsiteOfficial website
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Moe Dimanche (born November 7, 1987)[1] is a Haitian-American artist[2][3][4][5] and author.[6] [7][8][9][10][11] He is best known for his civil rights litigation in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit challenging the procedural hurdles hindering inmate abuse lawsuits by prisoners.[12] Salon.com featured Dimanche's art as a diagnosis of "the systemic sickness of Florida's penitentiaries."[5]

Biography

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Moe was born on November 7, 1987. When Moe was fourteen years old, he started his first job at Winn-Dixie as his family struggled financially. He attended West Orange High School (Florida) where he excelled in English and enjoyed studying Shakespeare.[13] In 2016, he received a scholarship[14] to attend Florida School of the Arts at St. Johns River State College, where he majored in Studio Art. During this time he hosted pop-up art shows[15] throughout the First Coast of Florida in anticipation of the release of his first book, "It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same".[16] He has three sons, twins Gio & Pepé, and Caleb, whose names he combined for the name of his streaming app, Gipeca.[17]

Public corruption litigation

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Dimanche v. Brown (11 Cir. 2015)

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Moe set precedent in Dimanche v. Brown, which led to the unanimous reversal and remand of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[12] The case set the stage for compliance with the Prison Litigation Reform Act when inmates encounter situations where prison officials obstruct the inmate grievance process. It was held that the mandated exhaustion of administrative remedies is satisfied if an inmate bypasses an institutional grievance and proceeds directly to the formal process with an agency's headquarters if staff at the institutional level have threatened or engaged in acts of reprisal for participating in the grievance process. This case involved allegations of the use of chemical agents in a confinement unit in retaliation for participation in the inmate grievance process.

Lee H. Rosenthal wrote the opinion for the panel, which included Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. and Adalberto Jose Jordan. At oral arguments, the panel admonished an attorney for the State of Florida who argued that Dimanche's appeal should be denied because Dimanche had not actually been killed.[18] In response to this, judge Jordan stated:

Well, thank God! That's not a very good thing for the State of Florida to be saying.

The Chief Judge then stated:

He wasn't killed? Please don't make that argument again.

Dimanche v. Jackson

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In 2024, Moe fully briefed the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Dimanche v. Jackson.[19] The case involves public corruption, allegations of election interference, judicial corruption, official misconduct, usurpation of jurisdiction, and raises a Constitutional challenge to the Federal Magistrates Act. The case was initially brought in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida under the Ku Klux Klan Act.

On October 8th, 2024 the Eleventh Circuit certified that the validity of an Act of Congress had been "drawn into question".[20] The certification was made directly to Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding the validity of the Federal Magistrates Act.

1216

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Moe successfully had a petition for a writ of certiorari docketed with the Supreme Court of the United States[21] under docket number 23-1216. The case was distributed for the Opening Conference of the 2024 Term. The petition seeks the court's clarity on Thompson v. Clark and its "favorable termination" language, while also seeking to have the Federal Magistrate's Act declared unconstitutional.

Politics

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Mayor & District 5 Interim Commissioner

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Moe was a candidate for Mayor of the City of Orlando in the city's 2023 general election. He was also a candidate for Interim Commissioner after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended then-serving commissioner Regina Hill from office.[22] While running in the race for Interim Commissioner, Moe defended Hill's good name[23] and contended that the prosecution against Hill was politically motivated.[24] In both municipal elections, Moe was disqualified over the manner in which qualifying fees were expected to be paid, per the City Clerk.[25]

Governor of the State of Florida

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Moe set his sights on becoming the first Haitian Governor of Florida. He is an independent candidate in the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election.[26]

Investigative journalism and other ventures

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Moe began a series of exposé vlogs on YouTube covering inmate abuse within the Florida Department of Corrections.[27] He has traveled the United States doing speaking engagements on the correlations between the messages in his art and the systemic injustices in American prisons.[28]

Publications

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  • "It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same", Amazon (2016)[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Moliere Dimanche". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Former Prisoner Diagnoses the Systemic Sickness of Florida's Penitentiaries Through Art - Alternet.org". www.alternet.org.
  3. ^ "Carceral Aesthetics". Los Angeles Review of Books. April 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Carceral Aesthetics: Vision and Imprisonment". International Center of Photography. January 8, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Fleetwood, Nicole R. (August 31, 2018). "Through his art, a former prisoner diagnoses the systemic sickness of Florida's penitentiaries". The Conversation.
  6. ^ Dimanche, Moliere (December 4, 2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I Are One and the Same, Moliere Dimanche. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5411-7428-3.
  7. ^ Dimanche, Moliere (December 4, 2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I Are One and the Same. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5411-7428-3 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "First Coast Connect: Former Inmate Turned Prison Reform Activist". WJCT News 89.9. April 5, 2017.
  9. ^ "It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector Gene..." Goodreads.
  10. ^ "It Takes a Criminal to Know One". World of Books.
  11. ^ "4/5/2107: Betty Griffin Center; Moliere Dimanche; Art In Public Places; 'On Purpose'". WJCT News 89.9. April 5, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Dimanche v. Brown". Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  13. ^ "REDEMPTION Behind Bars". Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  14. ^ "Prison Art". Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  15. ^ "Moliere DiManche Exhibition Brings Crowds". www.youtube.com. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  16. ^ Dimanche, Moliere (December 4, 2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1541174283.
  17. ^ "Moliere Dimanche Apps on the App Store". App Store.
  18. ^ William H. Pryor Jr., Lee H. Rosenthal, Adalberto Jose Jordan, Thomas A. Burns (2015). Oral Arguments for Dimanche v. Brown, 783 F.3d 1204 (11th Cir. 2015) (YouTube video). Burns, P.A. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  19. ^ "Moliere Dimanche, Jr. v. Takela Jackson, et al | 24-11267 | U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit | Justia".
  20. ^ "Certification of Constitutional Challenge to Federal Magistrates Act". Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  21. ^ "Dimanche v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida". Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  22. ^ "Governor Ron DeSantis Issues Executive Order Suspending Regina Hill as Orlando City Commissioner".
  23. ^ "Deadline to file paperwork for Orlando City Commission District 5 race passes". April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  24. ^ "The Case Against Regina Hill". May 7, 2024.
  25. ^ "Moliere Dimanche". Ballotpedia.
  26. ^ "2026 Florida gubernatorial election". October 18, 2024 – via Wikipedia.
  27. ^ "Detienen a guardia de prisión en Florida por tratar de envenenar a recluso". January 27, 2020.
  28. ^ "Carceral Aesthetics: Vision and Imprisonment". January 8, 2020.
  29. ^ Dimanche, Moliere (2016). It Takes a Criminal to Know One: How the Inspector General and I are One and the Same. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1541174283.
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