Williams v. Lerner-Wren et al

A federal case captioned Williams v. Lerner-Wren et al., docket 25-cv-21703, was transferred to another court on April 20, 2026. The same day, the court issued an order.

Beyond those two docket entries, the public record is thin.

The case name points to Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, a Broward County circuit judge who presides over Florida's mental health court. Whether she is named in her judicial capacity or personally is not yet clear from the available record. The plaintiff, Williams, filed sometime in 2025, but the exact date is not in the record provided.

The current summary flags a 'Notice to Transfer to Fugitive Status.' That phrase typically appears when a defendant in a criminal matter has absconded, but this is a civil docket.

The more likely read here is that the transfer notice relates to a parallel criminal or commitment proceeding — possibly one that originated in Lerner-Wren's courtroom — and that the civil case was moved to whichever court now has jurisdiction over that underlying matter.

No judge has been assigned on the receiving end, at least not in the record available. The April 20 order's contents are not described, so it is not known whether the transfer was contested, whether any claims were dismissed before transfer, or what relief Williams is seeking.