Court Opinion

ID: 4424353
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-08-09 16:02:59.558883+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:53:04.483041
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D18-4624
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FRANK DEPINTO,

    Appellant,

    v.

CORPORAL HOFFMAN, #114,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County.
James B. Fensom, Judge.

                          August 9, 2019

PER CURIAM.

     Frank DePinto appeals an order declaring him to be a
vexatious litigant and imposing sanctions. A vexatious litigant is
a person who, during a five-year period, “has commenced,
prosecuted, or maintained, pro se, five or more civil actions in any
court in this state, except an action governed by the Florida Small
Claims Rules, which actions have been finally and adversely
determined against such person.” § 68.093(d)1., Fla. Stat. (2018).
DePinto filed nine pro se civil complaints within a two-year period;
all were dismissed with prejudice. In determining that DePinto is
a vexatious litigant, the trial court did not err.

    AFFIRMED.
B.L. THOMAS, ROWE, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Frank DePinto, pro se, Appellant.

Gwendolyn P. Adkins of Coppins Monroe, P.A., Tallahassee, for
Appellee.

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