## F IRST 

## D ISTRICT 

## C OURT OF 

## A PPEAL 

## S TATE OF 

## F LORIDA

_____________________________ No. 1D 2 02 3
- 2477

_____________________________ D AMANTA J AMAR M URPHY , Appellant,
v. S TATE OF F LORIDA , Appellee.

_____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County
. John Jay Gontarek, Judge
. July 3, 2024

P ER C URIAM . This Cou rt issued an order on May 17 , 2024, pursuant to State v. Spencer , 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999), requiring Appellant to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for his multiple meritless and frivolous pro
- se filings in this Court related to his judgment and sentence in Okaloosa County Circuit Court ca se number 2012
- CF
- 2 373 (consolidated below with case numbers 12
- 2265, 12
- 2266, 12
- 2369, 12
- 2370, 12
- 2371, and 12
- 2372). Our records show that Appellant has filed fourteen (14) cases in this Court related to his judgment and sentence: 1D13
- 5652, 1D16
- 2113, 1D16
- 2115, 1D19
- 196 , 1D19
- 254, 1D19
- 4492, 1D20
- 490, 1D20
- 598, 1D20
- 900, 1D20
- 2738, 1D20
- 2740, 1D22
- 1058, 1D23
- 2731, and this case. Appellant2 has not obtained re lief in any of these cases, his current a ppeal is frivolous, and he has 36 years remaining on his prison sentence. Appellant has failed to respon d timely to the show
- cause order , and therefore fails to show any justification for these filings or any reason why he should not be sanctioned. We find Appellant’s repeated meritless filings a hindrance to this Court’s abil ity to devote its resources to the timely consideration of genuine disputes and legitimate, colorable claims. See Pettway v. McNeil , 987 So. 2d 20, 22

– 23 (Fla. 2008); see also Ferris v. State , 100 So. 3d 142, 144

– 45 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (Wetherell, J., conc urring) (explaining appellant’s filings, like all papers filed in this Court, require the Court to expend scarce judicial resources). This Court is required “to see that these resources are allocated in a way that promotes the interests of justice.” May v. Barthet , 934 So. 2d 1184, 1187 (Fla. 2006) (quoting In re McDonald , 489 U.S. 180, 184 (1989)). To carry out that responsibility, this Court is imbued with the inherent power to sanction litigants who abuse the lega l system. See id
. We find Appellant has reached the point of deserving to be sanctioned. See Ferris v. State , 100 So. 3d 142, 144 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (Wetherell, J., concurring) (“The postconviction process and the appellate courts do not exist simply to give prisoners something to do while they serve their sentences, and there comes a point in every criminal case that the defendant needs to accept the finality of his judgment and sentence and just do his time.”). Accordingly, Appellant, DAMANTA JAMAR MURPHY , DOC# P51798 , is barred from any further pro se filings in this Court related to or arising out of his conviction or incarceration for Okaloosa County Circuit Court ca se number 2012
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- 2373 or the related cases . We instruct the Clerk of this Court to reject any of the same he su bmits, unless signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. This prohibition includes any response or motion directed to this Order. If Appel lant violates this Order, he will be sub ject to contempt proceedings and other appropriate sanctions in cluding a complete bar on all pro - se filings in this Court . We hereby direct the Clerk to forwar d a certified copy of this Order to the facility in which Appellant is incarcerated for any disciplinary action that may be considered appropriate. See §§ 944.2 79, 944.28, Fla. Stat.3 S O O RDERE D . R OBERTS , R AY , and K ELSEY , JJ., concur .

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331 .

_____________________________ Damanta Jamar Murphy, pro se , Appellant
. No appearance for Appellee
.