T.R., FATHER O/B/O J.W., A CHILD
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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A pro se litigant who engages in abusive, repetitive, and frivolous filings attacking a judgment in a dependency case may be prohibited from filing further pro se appeals to conserve judicial resources.
[1] A pro se litigant may be barred from filing further pro se appeals when the litigant engages in a pattern of abusive, repetitive, and frivolous filings that abuse the jud…
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 5D2026-0423 LT Case No. 10-2023-DP-105
T.R., FATHER o/b/o J.W., A CHILD, Petitioner,
V.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, Respondent.
On appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County. Angela M. Cox, Judge.
T.R., Father, Keystone Heights, pro se.
Sarah J. Rumph, of Children's Legal Services, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and Jaime M. Generazzo, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Statewide Guardian ad Litem.
October 2, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Due to Petitioner's apparent abuse of the legal process by his abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se filings attacking
his judgment and sentence in Clay County Circuit Court Case No. 10-2023-DP-105, 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).
Petitioner was ordered to file a response by September 10, 2026, showing cause why he should not be sanctioned. Instead of responding to the order to show cause, Petitioner filed a Motion to Reinstate, which was accepted for filing by the Court. Given that Petitioner failed to file any actual response to the order to show cause, we conclude that he is abusing the judicial process and should be barred from further pro se filings.
In order to conserve judicial resources, Petitioner is prohibited from filing with this Court any further pro se filings concerning Clay County Circuit Court Case No. 10-2023-DP-105. The Clerk of this Court is directed not to accept any further pro se filings concerning the referenced case. The Clerk will summarily reject any future filings regarding the referenced case 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.").
SANCTIONS IMPOSED.
EDWARDS, HARRIS, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.
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Citator
Authorities Cited
- State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999)
- Isley v. State, 652 So. 2d 409 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)