Preston Leonard Schofield v. State of Florida
Preston Leonard Schofield v. State of Florida
Opinion
This case is before the Court following dismissal of Preston Leonard Schofield's
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pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. On February 21, 2018, we dismissed the petition and expressly retained jurisdiction to exercise our inherent judicial authority to pursue sanctions against Schofield for his abuse of this Court's limited resources.
See
Pettway v. McNeil
,
Schofield has filed with this Court thirty-five other petitions and notices challenging various convictions and sentences, as well as various family court orders pertaining to child custody and other divorce matters. 1 This Court has never granted Schofield *156 the relief sought in any of his filings here. Each of his thirty-five other petitions and notices has been denied, dismissed, or transferred to another court for consideration; his petition in this case is no exception.
Schofield filed the instant petition for writ of error coram nobis with this Court on December 25, 2017. In it, he challenged a 2015 conviction and sentence for assault, and argued that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to entertain the charge against him. Because the writ of error coram nobis no longer exists in Florida, on February 21, 2018, we dismissed the petition pursuant to
Wood v. State
,
Rather than file a timely response to the Court's order, Schofield filed a petition for writ of prohibition on March 26, 2018,
see
Schofield v. Schofield
, No. SC18-475, followed on March 29, 2018, by a motion in the instant case. In the motion, Schofield simply reiterates the arguments that he raised in his most recent batch of petitions that he filed with this Court, which were all meritless and ultimately dismissed.
See
Schofield v. State
, No. SC17-2281,
Therefore, as a result of Schofield's extensive history of filing meritless pro se petitions and notices in this Court, we hereby find that Schofield has abused this Court's limited judicial resources, and has failed to show cause why this Court should not impose sanctions for his repeated frivolous filings. It is clear that if left unrestrained, he will continue his pattern of filing meritless petitions in this Court. Accordingly, we direct the Clerk of this Court to reject any future pleadings or other requests for relief regarding circuit and county court case numbers 592011DR0022570000XX, 592011MM004051A000XX, 592013MM010912A000XX, 292014MM000070000AHC, *157 522014CF014665XXXXPC, and 592011MM004272A000XX, submitted by Preston Leonard Schofield unless such filings are signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar. Henceforth, Schofield may only petition this Court through the assistance of counsel whenever such counsel determines that the proceedings have merit and can be filed in good faith.
No motion for rehearing or clarification will be entertained by the Court.
It is so ordered.
LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
Schofield v. State
, No. SC17-2280,
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Preston Leonard SCHOFIELD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
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- Status
- Published