DONALD OTIS WILLIAMS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2020-12-30
No. 20-2628
Evander, C.J., Wallis, J., Edwards, J., Davis, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2020)

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Holding

A petitioner filing abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se petitions may be sanctioned with a bar on pro se filing and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings.


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[1] A court may sanction a pro se litigant filing abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous petitions by imposing a bar on pro se filing and referring the matter to prison…

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Petitioner Donald Otis Williams, proceeding pro se from Raiford, filed a petition for writ of mandamus stemming from Lake County Circuit Court Case No…

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Opinion of the Court
Evander

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

DONALD OTIS WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D20-2628

CORRECTED

STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed December 31, 2020 Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Heidi Davis, Respondent Judge. Donald Otis Williams, Raiford, pro se. No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This Court earlier denied Petitioner’s petition for writ of mandamus stemming from Lake County Circuit Court Case Number 2000-CF-2130. Because it appears that Petitioner’s filings are abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous, Petitioner is cautioned that any further similarly inappropriate pro se filings in this Court asserting claims stemming from Lake County Circuit Court Case No. 2000-CF-2130 may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filing in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2019); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999). EVANDER, C.J., WALLIS and EDWARDS, JJ., concur.


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