IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

JACK D. DENTON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JOHN E. THRASHER, et al., 

Defendants. 

Civil Case No. 4:20-cv-00425-

AW-MAF 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT 

Plaintiff Jack D. Denton, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) and 

N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 7.1 and 15.1, respectfully moves the Court for an Order 

granting leave to file a First Amended Complaint and states as follows: 

1. On October 26, 2020, the Student Supreme Court of Florida 

State University ordered Mr. Denton’s reinstatement as president of the 

Student Senate. 

2. On October 27, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Notice apprising the 

Court of the Student Supreme Court’s ruling. See Doc. 59. 

3. Since the filing of the Complaint, Defendants have engaged in 

additional acts depriving Plaintiff of his constitutional rights, including 

attempts to influence the Student Supreme Court’s consideration of 

Plaintiff’s complaint, defying the Student Supreme Court’s order 

reinstating Mr. Denton, enforcing the Student Senate’s unconstitutional 

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removal of Mr. Denton, and declaring that Defendant Daraldik was still 

the Student Senate President even after the Student Supreme Court 

ordered Mr. Denton’s reinstatement. 

4. “[D]istrict courts should liberally grant leave to amend when 

‘the underlying facts or circumstances relied upon by a plaintiff may be a 

proper subject of relief.’” In re Engle Cases, 767 F.3d 1082, 1108–09 (11th 

Cir. 2014) (quoting Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962)). 

5. The acts by Defendants since Plaintiff’s original complaint are 

new violations of Plaintiff’s rights under the principles of law this Court 

set forth in its Order Granting in Part Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary 

Injunction, and are therefore a proper subject of relief. See Doc. 55. 

6. Plaintiff therefore requests an Order granting leave to file an 

Amended Complaint. 

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 7.1 

Pursuant to N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 7.1(B), Plaintiff’s counsel conferred 

with counsel for all Defendants regarding the relief requested herein and 

was unable to secure Defendants’ acquiescence in the relief requested 

herein. 

Respectfully submitted on the 18th day of November, 2020. 

s/ Tyson Langhofer

Tyson Langhofer* 

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

20116 Ashbrook Place, Suite 250 

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Ashburn, VA 20147 

Telephone: (571) 707-4655 

Facsimile: (571) 707-4656 

tlanghofer@ADFlegal.org 

David A. Cortman 

FLORIDA BAR NO. 18433 

Travis C. Barham* 

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM

1000 Hurricane Shoals Road NE, 

Ste. D-1100 

Lawrenceville, GA 30043 

Telephone: (770) 339-0774 

Facsimile: (770) 339-6744 

dcortman@ADFlegal.org 

tbarham@ADFlegal.org 

Mark Welton 

Florida Bar No. 999202 

WELTON LAW FIRM, LLC 

1020 S. Ferdon Blvd. 

Crestview, FL 32536 

Telephone: (850) 682-2120 

Facsimile: (850) 689-0706 

mark@weltonlawfirm.com 

* Admitted Pro Hac Vice

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

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