WILLIE LEE MC GEE
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Willie McGee's appeal was dismissed for failure to comply with a court order, and the court imposed a sanction requiring that future filings related to his criminal case be signed by a licensed Florida attorney. This case addresses frivolous litigation and the court's authority to manage its docket.
The court dismissed McGee's appeal for failure to comply with its order and directed the clerk to reject future notices of appeal or petitions related to the criminal case unless signed by a licensed Florida attorney in good standing with The Florida Bar.
[1] A court may direct its clerk to reject future pleadings from a party related to specific case numbers unless the filing is related to a pending appeal or submitted by a l…
[2] A party's failure to respond to an order to show cause why they should not be prohibited from future pro se appeals and original proceedings, by continuing to insist on t…
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PER CURIAM. On September 3, 2020, we dismissed Willie McGee's appeal for failure to comply with an order of this court. That order detailed McGee's initiation of over fifteen proceedings in this court related to his criminal charges in Manatee County circuit court case number 07-CF-1726. We noted that McGee's frequent and meritless filings burdened the limited resources of this court and interfered with the resolution of genuine disputes.
- 2 - From 2008 to present, McGee has filed over fifteen proceedings in this court related to the aforementioned case number,1 including over ten appeals from the denial of postconviction relief that were either affirmed or dismissed. McGee also filed three petitions for writs of habeas corpus that were dismissed. And at least two other appeals, not including this one, were dismissed for failure to comply with orders of this court.
In light of his history before this court, we directed McGee to show cause why this court should not direct the clerk of court to reject pleadings filed in this court related to circuit court case number 07-CF-1726 unless such pleading is made in an appeal pending at the time of this order or submitted by a licensed Florida attorney. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48-49 (Fla. 1999). McGee failed to respond.
Accordingly, we direct the clerk of this court to place in an inactive file any notices of appeal or petitions related to circuit court case number 07-CF-1726 unless the filing is signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. See id. at 49; Fox v. Johnson, 162 So. 3d 139, 140 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). BLACK, ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur. 1This court affirmed McGee's judgment and sentence in case 2D08-4527. See McGee v. State, 29 So. 3d 1127 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010) (table decision).
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- State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999)
- FOX v. Johnson, 162 So. 3d 139 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)