Case Name: Willie MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-09-20
Citations: 227 So. 3d 1253
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D17-0344
Parties: Willie MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ROBERTS, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 227
Pages: 1253–1254

Head Matter:
Willie MATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CASE NO. 1D17-0344
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed September 20, 2017
Rehearing Denied October 26, 2017
Willie Mathis, pro se, Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charlie Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. .

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We previously affirmed the summary denial of Appellant's postconviction motion brought pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We also ordered the appellant to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for his frivolous filings in this Court.
Appellant has failed to obtain relief in five previous postconviction appeals that he filed in this Court to challenge his judgment and sentence in Baker County Circuit Court Case 02-2004-CF-000165-A. The instant appeal involves an untimely postconviction motion raising a claim that has been argued and rejected numerous times. Due to Appellant's apparent abuse of the legal process by his repeated, frivolous pro se filings attacking his judgment and sentence, this Court issued an order directing him 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). Appellant has not shown cause for his repeated frivolous filings.
Therefore, because Appellant's repeated attacks on his judgment and sentence have become an abuse of the legal process, we hold that he is barred from future pro se filings in this Court concerning Baker County Circuit Court Case 02-2004-CF-000165-A. The Clerk of this Court is directed not to accept any future filings concerning this case unless they are filed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar.
ROBERTS, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ., CONCUR.