IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
WILLIE MATHIS, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
v. CASE NO. 1D17-0344
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed September 20, 2017.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Baker County.
Mark W. Moseley, Judge.
Willie Mathis, pro se, Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charlie Lee, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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.
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