Blaxton v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant, an inmate in state custody, filed in the Supreme Court a pro se petition for writ of mandamus. The petition was the thirty-first extraordinary writ petition or notice he had filed in approximately seven years. The Supreme Court denied the petition and directed Defendant to show cause why he should not be barred from filing any future pro se requests for relief and referred him to the Florida Department of Corrections for possible disciplinary action. Defendant filed a response to the order to show cause and a motion seeking rehearing. The Supreme Court denied the motion and concluded that Defendant failed to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed against him for his repeated misuse of the Court’s limited judicial resources, holding (1) neither Defendant’s response to the show cause order nor his motion for rehearing contained a justification for his repeated misuse of the Court’s limited judicial resources; and (2) because Defendant’s petitions were frivolous, the Clerk of Court is hereby directed to reject any future pleadings or other requests for relief submitted by Defendant unless such filings are signed by a member in good standing of the Florida Bar.
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