Jean Louis Barreto-Baerga v. Osceola County, Marcos Lopez, David Crawford,...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION

JEAN LOUIS BARRETO-BAERGA, Plaintiff, v. Case No: 6:25-cv-98-PGB-LHP OSCEOLA COUNTY, MARCOS LOPEZ, DAVID CRAWFORD, CHRISTOPHER KOFFINAS, JOSEPH DE JESUS, ARTURO DOMINGUEZ and BENJAMIN MACLEAN, Defendants

ORDER And Direction to the Clerk Before the Court is an Unopposed Motion to Substitute Sheriff Blackmon as Official Capacity Defendant, which seeks to substitute as a party Sheriff Chris A.

Blackmon, in his official capacity, for former Sheriff Marcos Lopez for claims asserted against former Sheriff Lopez in his official capacity. Doc. No. 72. On review, the motion is GRANTED, and Chris A. Blackmon, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Osceola County, is substituted as a Defendant in place of former Sheriff Marcos Lopez, as to the official capacity claims in Count X of the Complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d). The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to update the case caption accordingly. See King v. Lake Cnty., No. 5:17-cv-52-Oc-34PRL, 2017 WL 6502395, at *6 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 19, 2017).

DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on February 17, 2026.

LESLIE AN PRICE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record