John Legros v. Secretary, Department of Corrections: Date Argued: January 29th, 2026; Docket Number: 24-11693

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 constitutional law rather than in ordinary tort or contract, and that he is attacking either the conditions of confinement, the procedures used by prison officials, or both. The district court (a federal trial court in Florida) denied him relief—whether by dismissal, summary judgment, or adverse judgment after further proceedings—and entered a final order against him, which Legros then appealed by filing his notice of appeal on May 24, 2024, initiating case number 24‑11693 in the Eleventh Circuit.In the present court, the Eleventh Circuit has treated Legros as the appellant challenging that adverse judgment and set the case for oral argument as John Legros v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, et al., confirming that the Secretary and related correctional officials are the appellees defending the district court’s disposition. The Eleventh Circuit’s public oral‑argument calendar and recording log show that the panel heard argument on January 29, 2026, and that the case remains under submission for decision on whether the district court correctly rejected Legros’s constitutional and civil‑rights claims concerning his incarceration.