AARON THOMPSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The court addresses a pro se litigant's numerous meritless filings related to a past criminal case. The court finds the litigant's response to an order to show cause insufficient and restricts future filings.
The court holds that Thompson's response to the order to show cause is insufficient. Therefore, the clerk is directed to place future filings related to the specific circuit court case in an inactive file unless signed by a licensed attorney.
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PER CURIAM.
On May 6, 2021, this court dismissed Aaron Thompson's petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel as untimely and issued an order detailing Thompson's initiation of twenty proceedings in this court related to his criminal charges in Sarasota County circuit court case number 04-CF-9345.
We noted that his frequent and meritless filings burdened the limited resources of this court and interfered with the resolution of genuine disputes. Following this court's affirmance of his judgment and sentences in circuit court case number 04-CF-9345, Thompson filed two petitions alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, one petition requesting a belated appeal, six appeals of orders denying various postconviction motions, five petitions for writs of habeas corpus, one miscellaneous petition, two petitions for writs of certiorari, one petition for writ of quo warranto, and one petition for writ of mandamus. The only relief that Thompson received was the granting of a belated appeal from a postconviction order; that appeal was ultimately unsuccessful.
On May 6, 2021, we ordered Thompson to show cause why this court should not direct the clerk to reject pleadings in this court related to Thompson's circuit court case number 04-CF-9345 unless the filing addresses a pending appeal or is submitted by a licensed Florida attorney. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48- 49 (Fla. 1999). Thompson's response fails to satisfy this court's order to show cause why he should not be prohibited from filing future pro se appeals and original proceedings in this court. Instead, he continues to insist that his trial counsel and his appellate counsel were ineffective and that his sentences are illegal.
Consequently, we direct the clerk of this court to place in an inactive file any original proceedings or notices of appeal filed by Thompson related to circuit court case number 04-CF-9345 unless the filing is signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. See id.; McKenna v. State, 161 So. 3d 435, 436 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014). CASANUEVA, BLACK, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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- State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999)
- McKENNA v. State, 161 So. 3d 435 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014)