JASON TREVON WHARTON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-03-19
No. 1D2024-1828
2025 FL 2243 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Holding

The trial court's decision is affirmed against the pro se appellant.


Headnotes

[1] A court may impose sanctions and initiate disciplinary procedures against a prisoner who brings frivolous or malicious appeals, including prohibiting further pro se filin…

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Key Quotes

“a prisoner who is found by a court to have brought a frivolous or malicious suit, action, claim, proceeding, or appeal" is subject to disciplinary procedures pursuant to the rules of the Department of Corrections”

The court warned the appellant of potential sanctions, citing Florida Statutes section 944.279

Facts & Procedural History

Jason Trevon Wharton, proceeding pro se, appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. The case involved an appeal from that circuit …

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Opinion of the Court

March 19, 2025 PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. Appellant is warned that any future filings that this court determines to be frivolous may result in the imposition of sanctions, including a prohibition against any further pro se filings in this court and a referral to the appropriate institution for disciplinary procedures as provided in section 944.279, Florida Statutes (2024) (providing that “[a] prisoner who is found by a court to have brought a frivolous or malicious suit, action, claim, proceeding, or appeal” is subject to disciplinary procedures pursuant to the rules of the Department of Corrections). LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Jason Trevon Wharton, pro se, Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Amanda Uwaibi, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


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