WILLIAM R. PICKETT
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2022-02-11
No. 22-0203
Cohen, J., Edwards, J., Sasso, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2022)

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Holding

A pro se petitioner may be cautioned and threatened with sanctions, including a bar on future pro se filings and referral for disciplinary proceedings, when his filings are determined to be abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous.


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[1] A court may warn a pro se litigant that further filings asserting claims stemming from the same case that are abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous may result in s…

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William R. Pickett, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the appellate court regarding Orange County Circuit Court Case No…

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Opinion of the Court
Sasso

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

WILLIAM R. PICKETT,

Petitioner,

v. Case No. 5D22-203 LT Case No. 2017-CF-3374

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondent.

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Opinion filed February 11, 2022

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

William R. Pickett, Orlando, pro se.

No Appearance for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Because it appears that Appellant’s filings are abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous, Appellant is cautioned that any further pro se filings in this Court asserting claims stemming from Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2017-CF-3374 may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filing in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings,

2 which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999).

APPELLANT CAUTIONED.

COHEN, EDWARDS and SASSO, JJ., concur.


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