Summary
The Supreme Court of Florida sanctioned Roy A. Day for abusing the court's filing processes and submitting insulting and scandalous pleadings. The court directed its clerk to reject future pro se filings from Day unless they are signed by a member of The Florida Bar, while recognizing the implications for access to the courts.
Holdings
- The Supreme Court of Florida has the authority and duty to prevent misuse and abuse of its judicial system and may require an abusive litigant to obtain a Florida Bar member's signature before filing further pleadings, petitions, motions, documents, or other submissions pro se.
Questions Presented
- Whether the Supreme Court of Florida could sanction an abusive litigant by barring him from filing further pro se pleadings and other documents unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar.
- Whether Day's repeated filings and insulting, scandalous response justified imposition of that filing restriction.
Disposition
other
Cases Cited (33)
- Day v. Styers, 741 So. 2d 1135 (Fla. 1999)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. Day, 707 So. 2d 1124 (Fla. 1998)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 697 So. 2d 1215 (Fla. 1997)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. Day, 692 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 1997)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 680 So. 2d 422 (Fla. 1996)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 675 So. 2d 926 (Fla. 1996)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 666 So. 2d 142 (Fla. 1995)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 664 So. 2d 248 (Fla. 1995)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. Day, 661 So. 2d 823 (Fla. 1995)(followed as procedural history)
- Day v. State, 661 So. 2d 823 (Fla. 1995)(followed as procedural history)
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