SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

BENNIE DEMPS,

Petitioner,

CASE NO.:

vs.

JEB BUSH, in his Official Capacity

as Governor of the State of Florida,

and ROBERT BUTTERWORTH,

in his Official Capacity as Attorney

General of the State of Florida,

Respondents.

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AFFIDAVIT OF INDIGENCY TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF BRADFORD

I, Bennie Demps, being first duly sworn, depose and state:

1. I am the petitioner in this case in which I am seeking a writ of

mandamus directed to Governor Jeb Bush and Attorney General Robert

Butterworth.

2. This affidavit is submitted in compliance with §57.081, Fla. Stat., in

support of my pending application to proceed in forma pauperis in this action.

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3. I am currently incarcerated at the Florida State Prison under death

warrant.

4. In conjunction with my pending appeal to the Supreme Court of

Florida, Supreme Court of Florida Case No. SC00-1118, I have already been

declared indigent.

5. I have no assets from which to pay any of the necessary costs

associated with this lawsuit, including the required filing fee and service of process

fees.

6. For all of the above reasons, I am requesting the clerk of this court to

issue a certificate of indigency in this action.

DATED this _____ day of June, 2000.

______________________________

BENNIE DEMPS

Petitioner

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of

June, 2000, by Bennie Demps. Such person did take an oath and says that he

executed the foregoing and that they are true and correct to the best of his

knowledge, information, and belief.

(Notary must check applicable box)

 

+))), is personally known to me.

 

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.)))-+))),

 

produced a current Florida driver's license as

 

.)))- identification.

 

+))), produced as identification.

 

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Notary Public