T.R., Father O/B/O J.W., a Child v. Department of Children and Families
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 2, 2026
Docket5D2026-0423
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 5D2026-0423
LT Case No. 10-2023-DP-105
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T.R., FATHER o/b/o J.W., A CHILD,
Petitioner,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES,
Respondent.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Clay County.
Angela M. Cox, Judge.
T.R., Father, Keystone Heights, pro se.
Sarah J. Rumph, of Children’s Legal Services, Tallahassee, for
Respondent.
Sara Elizabeth Goldfarb, Statewide Director of Appeals, and
Jaime M. Generazzo, Senior Attorney, Appellate Division, of
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office, Tallahassee, for Statewide
Guardian ad Litem.
October 2, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Due to Petitioner’s apparent abuse of the legal process by his
abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous pro se filings attacking
his judgment and sentence in Clay County Circuit Court Case No.
10-2023-DP-105, this Court issued an order directing Petitioner 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).
Petitioner was ordered to file a response by September 10,
2026, showing cause why he should not be sanctioned. Instead of
responding to the order to show cause, Petitioner filed a Motion to
Reinstate, which was accepted for filing by the Court. Given that
Petitioner failed to file any actual response to the order to show
cause, we conclude that he is abusing the judicial process and
should be barred from further pro se filings.
In order to conserve judicial resources, Petitioner is prohibited
from filing with this Court any further pro se filings concerning
Clay County Circuit Court Case No. 10-2023-DP-105. The Clerk
of this Court is directed not to accept any further pro se filings
concerning the referenced case. The Clerk will summarily reject
any future filings regarding the referenced case unless filed by a
member in good standing of The Florida Bar. See Isley v. State,
652 So. 2d 409, 411 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995) (“Enough is enough.”).
SANCTIONS IMPOSED.
EDWARDS, HARRIS, and MACIVER, JJ., concur.
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