Shernerd Richardson v. Kenneth S. Tucker

Summary

The court determined that Richardson's habeas petition was unauthorized and frivolous because it sought another collateral attack on a finalized criminal case after numerous unsuccessful proceedings. Because this was his eleventh extraordinary writ petition in the court concerning that case, and his response to the show-cause order did not justify further filings, the court prohibited him from filing additional pro se documents related to the case unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar and directed that the opinion be sent to the Department of Corrections. The court also treated the petition as a frivolous proceeding for purposes of the applicable statutory sanction.