Case Summary:

John Legros v. Secretary, Department of Corrections is a prisoner civil‑rights/habeas‑type appeal in which Florida inmate John Legros challenges the handling of his confinement and related constitutional claims, now pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit under docket number 24‑11693, with oral argument held on January 29, 2026.

At the lower court level, Legros proceeded pro se in a prisoner constitutional and civil‑rights action against the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections and other prison officials, alleging violations of his federal rights arising from the conditions and administration of his confinement. The case is categorized on the appellate docket as a “Constitutional and Civil Rights – Prisoner” matter, indicating that his claims sound in federal  ...