PAUL E. KNIGHT vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT PAUL E. KNIGHT, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D21-700 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed August 6, 2021 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Kevin B. Weiss, Judge. Paul E. Knight, Sneads, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in Orange County Circuit Court Case No. 2021-CA-0012510. We affirm the trial court’s order and caution Appellant that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to the identified lower court case number may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filings in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2018); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48–49 (Fla. 1999). AFFIRMED; APPELLANT CAUTIONED. EVANDER, EISNAUGLE and SASSO, JJ., concur. -2-

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