PAUL E. KNIGHT
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2021-08-06
No. 21-0700
Weiss, J., Evander, J., Eisnaugle, J., Sasso, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2021)

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Holding

The trial court properly denied the appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus.


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[1] A pro se litigant may be sanctioned for abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings, including by barring future pro se filings and referral to prison officials…

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Paul E. Knight, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in Orange County Circuit Court. The trial court denied the petition.…

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Opinion of the Court
Sasso

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

PAUL E. KNIGHT,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D21-700

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed August 6, 2021

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Kevin B. Weiss, Judge.

Paul E. Knight, Sneads, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2021-CA-001251- 0. We affirm the trial court’s order and caution Appellant that abusive,

repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to the identified lower court case number may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filings in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2018); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48–49 (Fla. 1999).

AFFIRMED; APPELLANT CAUTIONED.

EVANDER, EISNAUGLE and SASSO, JJ., concur.


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