LOUIS A. WOOD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2021-03-12
No. 20-2558
Lambert, J., Edwards, J., Harris, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2021)

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Holding

A court may impose sanctions including a bar on pro se filing and referral for disciplinary proceedings when a petitioner's filings are abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous.


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[1] A court may sanction a pro se litigant whose filings are abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous by imposing a bar on future pro se filings and referring the matter…

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Facts & Procedural History

Petitioner Louis A. Wood, an inmate at Raiford, filed a petition to invoke all writs in this Court stemming from Orange County Circuit Court Case No. …

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Opinion of the Court
Harris

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF

FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

LOUIS A. WOOD, Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D20-2558 STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed March 12, 2021 Petition to Invoke All Writs, A Case of Original Jurisdiction Louis A. Wood, Raiford, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This Court earlier dismissed Petitioner’s petition to invoke all writs stemming from Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 96-CF-007733. Because it appears that Petitioner’s filings are abusive, repetitive, malicious,

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2 or frivolous, Petitioner is cautioned that any further pro se filings in this Court asserting claims stemming from Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 96- CF-007733 may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filing in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999). LAMBERT, EDWARDS and HARRIS, JJ., concur.

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