Title: Clark v. Crews
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC14-866
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 20, 2014

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC14-866 
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SHANNON L. CLARK,  
Petitioner, 
 
vs. 
 
MICHAEL D. CREWS, etc.,  
Respondent. 
 
[November 20, 2014] 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
This case came before the Court on the petition of Shannon L. Clark for a 
writ of habeas corpus.1  In an order dated June 23, 2014, the Court denied Clark’s 
petition and expressly retained jurisdiction to pursue any possible sanctions against 
petitioner based upon the volume of petitioner’s meritless and inappropriate filings.  
Clark v. Crews, No. SC14-866, 2014 WL 2885413 (Fla. Jun. 23, 2014) 
(unpublished); see Fla. R. App. P. 9.410(a) (Sanctions; Court’s Motion).  Since 
2006, petitioner has filed at least twenty-three extraordinary writ petitions, not 
                                          
 
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. 
 
 
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including the instant petition.2  Petitioner was directed to show cause why he 
should not be barred from filing in this Court any future pro se pleadings, motions, 
or other requests for relief pertaining to his criminal convictions and sentences in 
Case No. CRC00–21224CFANO–C, and why a certified copy of the Court’s 
findings should not be forwarded to the appropriate institution for disciplinary 
procedures pursuant to the Florida Department of Corrections as provided in 
section 944.09, Florida Statutes (2014). 
                                          
 
 
2.  Clark v. McDonough, No. SC06-2184 (habeas transferred on 
12/11/2006); Clark v. McDonough, No. SC07-76 (habeas transferred on 
1/29/2007); Clark v. State, 958 So. 2d 918 (Fla. 2007) (table) (mandamus denied); 
Clark v. McNeil, 975 So. 2d 428 (Fla. 2008) (table) (habeas dismissed); Clark v. 
State, 5 So. 3d 668 (Fla. 2009) (mandamus denied); Clark v. McNeil, No. SC08-
2311 (habeas transferred on 1/15/2009); Clark v. McNeil, 4 So. 3d 676 (Fla. 2009) 
(table) (habeas dismissed); Clark v. McNeil, No. SC09-854 (mandamus transferred 
on 11/17/2009); Clark v. State, No. SC09-1051 (prohibition transferred on 
8/18/2009); Clark v. State, 19 So. 3d 310 (Fla. 2009) (table) (mandamus denied); 
Clark v. McNeil, 51 So. 3d 465 (Fla. 2010) (table) (all writs dismissed); Clark v. 
State, 59 So. 3d 107 (Fla. 2011) (table) (mandamus denied); Clark v. McNeil, 50 
So. 3d 1137 (Fla. 2010) (table) (habeas dismissed); Clark v. McNeil, No. SC10-
2021 (mandamus transferred on 12/2/2010); Clark v. State, No. SC11-2195 
(mandamus transferred on 11/28/2011); Clark v. State, No. SC12-2139 (mandamus 
transferred on 10/24/2012); Clark v. Khouzam, No. SC13-1876 (quo warranto 
transferred on 12/16/2013); Clark v. State, 139 So. 3d 884 (Fla. 2014) (table) (all 
writs dismissed); Clark v. McCabe, 137 So. 3d 1019 (Fla. 2014) (quo warranto 
denied); Clark v. State, No. SC13-2478 (mandamus transferred 1/29/2014); Clark 
v. State, 139 So. 3d 884 (Fla. 2014) (all writs dismissed); Clark v. State, 143 So. 3d 
917 (Fla. 2014) (table) (mandamus dismissed); and Clark v. Crews, 143 So. 3d 917 
(Fla. 2014) (table) (habeas dismissed). 
 
 
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Clark currently is incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections 
upon his judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree murder and one 
count of home invasion robbery in case number CR00-21224CFANO-C, entered 
by the Circuit Court of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, in and for Pinellas County, 
Florida, on December 21, 2001.  The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed 
Clark’s judgment of conviction and sentences on December 27, 2002.  Clark v. 
State, 837 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) (table).  Clark, who is serving a life 
sentence on the murder conviction, was resentenced on June 24, 2014, on the home 
invasion robbery count to a term of thirty years’ imprisonment.   
 
Clark filed a response to this Court’s order to show cause, opposing a pro se 
barring order based upon the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.  
Petitioner did not address his frequent filing of nonmeritorious and frivolous 
filings.  After considering Clark’s response to the show cause order, we conclude 
that the response fails to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed.  We 
further conclude that Clark’s habeas corpus petition filed in this case is a frivolous 
proceeding brought before this Court by a state prisoner.  See 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. 
(2014). 
 
Accordingly, the Clerk of this Court is hereby instructed to reject any future 
pleadings, petitions, motions, documents, or other filings submitted by Shannon L. 
Clark, that are related to case number CR00-21224CFANO-C, unless such filings 
 
 
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are signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar.  Counsel may file on 
Clark’s behalf if counsel determines that the proceeding may have merit and can be 
brought in good faith.3  Furthermore, because we have found Clark’s petition to be 
frivolous, we direct the Clerk of this Court, pursuant to section 944.279(1), Florida 
Statutes (2014), to forward a certified copy of this opinion to the Florida 
Department of Corrections’ institution or facility where Clark is incarcerated. 
 
It is so ordered. 
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, 
and PERRY, JJ., concur. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND 
IF FILED, DETERMINED.   
 
Original Proceedings – Habeas Corpus 
 
 
Shannon L. Clark, pro-se, Bristol, Florida, 
 
 
 
for Petitioner 
 
No appearance for Respondent 
 
   
                                          
 
 
3.  In recent years, we have imposed comparable sanctions on other litigants 
whose pro se filing practices have exhibited their disregard for abusing the scarce 
judicial resources of this Court.  See, e.g., McCutcheon v. State, 117 So. 3d 769 
(Fla. 2013); James v. Tucker, 75 So. 3d 231 (Fla. 2011); Johnson v. Rundle, 59 So. 
3d 1080 (Fla. 2011); Steele v. State, 14 So. 3d 221 (Fla. 2009); Pettway v. McNeil, 
987 So. 2d 20 (Fla. 2008).