JASON TREVON WHARTON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2025-03-19
No. 1D2024-1999
2025 FL 2244 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2025)

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Holding

The court affirmed the circuit court's judgment and warned that frivolous future filings may result in sanctions under Florida Statutes § 944.279.


Headnotes

[1] A prisoner found to have brought a frivolous or malicious suit, action, claim, proceeding, or appeal is subject to disciplinary procedures under the rules of the Departme…

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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”

Warning regarding future frivolous filings under section 944.279, Florida Statutes (2024)

Facts & Procedural History

Jason Trevon Wharton, proceeding pro se, appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Alachua County, with Judge James M. Colaw presiding.…

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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 Ryan Roy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


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