CRAIG JOHNSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2022-02-11
No. 21-3193
Harris, J., Traver, J., Nardella, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2022)

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Holding

A litigant who abuses the judicial process through abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se filings may be prohibited from filing further pro se pleadings in a particular case to conserve judicial resources.


Headnotes

[1] A court may prohibit a pro se litigant from filing further pleadings in a particular case when the litigant engages in abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filing…

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“Enough is enough.”

Court's citation to Isley v. State in imposing the prohibition on pro se filings

Facts & Procedural History

Craig Johnson filed multiple abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se filings attacking various orders in a Citrus County Circuit Court cri…

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Opinion of the Court
Nardella

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

CRAIG JOHNSON,

Petitioner,

v.

Case No. 5D21-3193

LT Case No. 2012-CF-000265-A

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondent.

________________________/

Opinion filed February 11, 2022

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Craig Johnson, Bristol, pro se.

No Appearance for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Due to Petitioner’s apparent abuse of the legal process by his abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se filings attacking various orders in Citrus County Circuit Court Case Number 2012-CF-000265-A, this Court issued an order directing Petitioner to show cause why he should not be prohibited from future pro se filings. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48 (Fla. 1999). Having carefully considered the Response and finding it fails to

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show cause why sanctions should not be imposed, we conclude that he is abusing the judicial process and should be barred from further pro se filings. Therefore, in order to conserve judicial resources, Petitioner is prohibited from filing with this Court any further pro se filings concerning the above referenced case. The Clerk of this Court is directed not to accept any further pro se filings concerning the referenced case. Any future filings regarding the referenced case will be summarily rejected by the Clerk, unless filed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. See Isley v. State, 652 So. 2d 409, 411 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995) (“Enough is enough.”).

FUTURE PRO SE FILINGS PROHIBITED.

HARRIS, TRAVER and NARDELLA, JJ., concur.


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