Melissa Mason v. Jeanne Mc Ginley
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 15, 2022
Docket2D22-1136
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
MELISSA MASON,
Appellant,
v.
JEANNE McGINLEY,
Appellee.
No. 2D22-1136
July 15, 2022
Appeal from the County Court for Pasco County; Dustin Thomas
Ward Anderson, Judge.
Melissa Mason, pro se.
No Appearance for Appellee.
ORDER RESTRICTING APPELLANT FROM FUTURE PRO SE
FILINGS
PER CURIAM.
The county court entered a final eviction judgment in lower
tribunal case 21-CC-1740 on June 4, 2021. Appellant timely
appealed the judgment in appeal 2D21-1701, but the appeal was
dismissed for failure to prosecute. Following that dismissal,
appellant twice filed notices of appeal of the same judgment in
appeals 2D22-0521 and 2D22-0727, but those cases were
dismissed as untimely filed.
Upon the filing of the notice of appeal and a copy of the June
4, 2021, eviction judgment in this proceeding, we issued an order to
show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed as untimely
and duplicative of the prior appeals. Our order also noted that
Appellant's repeat meritless filings burdened the limited resources
of this court and interfered with the resolution of genuine disputes.
We further ordered Appellant to show cause why she should not be
sanctioned for her meritless and duplicative filings. Appellant did
not timely respond. By prior order we dismissed this appeal as
duplicative and untimely filed but retained jurisdiction to address
the order to show cause relating to sanctions.
Accordingly, we direct the clerk of this court to place in an
inactive file any original proceedings or notices of appeal filed by
Appellant related to lower tribunal case number 21-CC-1740 unless
the filing is signed by a member in good standing of The Florida
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Bar. See State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47, 48-49 (Fla. 1999); Cafaro
v. Estate of Wyllins, 164 So. 3d 146, 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015).
BLACK, LUCAS, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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