ROCHELLE DRIESSEN, etc., vs MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, et al.,

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed November 27, 2019. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D19-1092 Lower Tribunal No. 18-37974 ________________ Rochelle Driessen, etc., Appellant, vs. Miami-Dade County, et al., Appellees. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Thomas J. Rebull, Judge. Rochelle Driessen, in proper person. Walter J. Harvey, School Board Attorney, and Jordan Madrigal and Mary C. Lawson, Assistant School Board Attorneys, for appellee The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Before LINDSEY, MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Balch v. HSBC Bank, USA, N.A., 128 So. 3d 179, 181 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013) (“[W]hen one person, by his activities, upsets the normal procedure of the court so as to interfere with the causes of other litigants, it is necessary to exercise restraint upon that person, i.e., requirement that pleadings be accompanied by an attorney’s signature.”) (citation omitted); Favreau v. Favreau, 940 So. 2d 1188, 1189 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (“A court has the inherent power to prevent abuse of court procedure which interferes with the effective administration of justice.”) (citing Platel v. Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., 436 So. 2d 303 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983)); see also Driessen v. Miami-Dade Cty. Sch. Bd., No. 3D19-0834 (Fla. 3d DCA June 13, 2019), dismissed, No. SC19-1016 (Fla. June 19, 2019); Driessen v. Sch. Bd. of Miami-Dade Cty., 255 So. 3d 839 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018), dismissed, No. SC 18-1765 (Fla. Oct. 24, 2018); Dreissen v. Emily C. Moises Day Training Ctr., 271 So. 3d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019), dismissed, No. SC18-396 (Fla. Mar. 13, 2018); Driessen v. Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law, 241 So. 3d 838 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018), dismissed, No. SC18-329 (Fla. Mar. 1, 2018); Driessen v. Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law, 242 So. 3d 1109 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017), review denied, No. SC17-1679 (Fla. Feb. 1, 2018); Driessen v. Miami-Dade Cty. Sch. Bd., 243 So. 3d 957 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017), review denied, No. SC17-1854 (Fla. Jan. 22, 2018); Driessen v. Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law, No. 3D19-0756 (Fla. 3d DCA April 29, 2019); Driessen v. Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law Children & Youth Law Clinic, 260 So. 3d 1080 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018); 2 Driessen v. Home Loan State Bank, 550 F. App’x 677 (10th Cir. 2014); Driessen v. Miami-Dade Cty. Sch. Bd., 520 F. App’x 912 (11th Cir. 2013); Driessen v. MiamiDade Cty. Sch. Bd., 504 F. App’x 864 (11th Cir. 2013); Driessen v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation, 621 F. App’x 1 (D.C. Cir. 2015); Driessen v. Royal Bank Int’l, No. 3:14-CV-01300 (D. Conn. Mar. 2, 2015); Driessen v. Natwest Bank PLC, No. 13cv-00217 (D. Conn. Oct. 25, 2013); Driessen v. Citibank, N.A., No. CIV 13-4018 (D.S.D. Aug. 26, 2013); In re Driessen v. Fla. Dep’t of Educ., No. 12-23697-CIVKING (S.D. Fla. Aug. 2, 2013); Driessen v. Woodforest Nat’l Bank, 940 F. Supp. 2d 584 (S.D. Ohio 2013). 3

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