Court Opinion

ID: 2765956
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2014-12-31 18:02:33.48174+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:45:25.709011
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
                      MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

                                                 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

                                                 OF FLORIDA

                                                 SECOND DISTRICT

ROBERT M. FOX, JR.,                )
                                   )
             Petitioner,           )
                                   )
v.                                 )                   Case No. 2D13-5031
                                   )
SAM JOHNSON, Chairman Polk County  )
Commissioners; GRADY JUDD, Sheriff )
of Polk County; POLK COUNTY        )
SHERIFF'S OFFICE; and POLK COUNTY )
COMMISSIONERS,                     )
                                   )
             Respondents.          )
                                   )

Opinion filed December 31, 2014.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit
Court for the Tenth Judicial Circuit for Polk
County; sitting in its appellate capacity.

Robert M. Fox, Jr., pro se.

Janet A. McDonald, Assistant County
Attorney, Polk County Attorney's Office,
Bartow, for Respondent Polk County.

Mario J. Cabrera, Polk County Sheriff's
Office, Winter Haven, for Respondent Polk
County Sheriff's Office.

       ORDER RESTRICTING PETITIONER FROM FUTURE PRO SE FILINGS

PER CURIAM.
              Robert M. Fox, Jr., petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari. By prior

opinion, Fox v. Johnson, 141 So. 3d 709 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014), we denied Mr. Fox's

petition and noted that he has initiated numerous proceedings with this court, none of

which have merited relief. Id. at 710 n.1. By subsequent order dated September 4,

2014, we explained that Mr. Fox has initiated sixteen proceedings in this court, including

a multitude of pleadings within those proceedings.

              In addition to the current petition for writ of certiorari, Mr. Fox has initiated

seven appeals of the summary denials of motions to correct an illegal sentence filed

under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a): three petitions for writ of prohibition,

two petitions for writ of habeas corpus, an appeal from the summary denial of a motion

for postconviction relief filed under rule 3.850, a petition for writ of mandamus, and an

appeal of a circuit court order imposing sanctions and prohibiting Mr. Fox from filing any

further pleadings without the assistance of counsel. Mr. Fox has also initiated at least

two proceedings with the First District Court of Appeal that merited no relief. See Fox v.

Fla. Dep't of Corr., 136 So. 3d 1217 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (denying petition for writ of

certiorari on the merits in case number 1D13-4006); Fox v. Fla. Dep't of Corr., 133 So.
3d 932 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (denying petition for writ of certiorari on the merits in case

number 1D13-2603).

              Consequently, we directed Mr. Fox to show cause why this court should

not direct the clerk of court to reject all appeals and original proceedings filed in this

court related to his criminal charges in Polk County Circuit Court Case Numbers CF93-

4441A1-XX and CF94-3348A1-XX, unless the filing is submitted by a member in good

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standing of The Florida Bar. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999). Mr. Fox

failed to respond to our order.

              Accordingly, we direct the clerk of this court to place in an inactive file any

notices of appeal and original proceedings filed by Mr. Fox related to Polk County

Circuit Court Case Numbers CF93-4441A1-XX and CF94-3348A1-XX, unless the filing

is signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. See id. at 48-49.

ALTENBERND, KELLY, and LaROSE, JJ., Concur.

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