SC04-2270 - George May v. Patrick C. Barthet, Et Al

State: Florida

Docket No: SC04-2270

Case Date: 06/22/2006

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_____________ No. SC04-2270 _____________ GEORGE MAY, Petitioner, vs. PATRICK C. BARTHET, et al., Respondents. [June 22, 2006] CORRECTED OPINION PER CURIAM. On November 18, 2004, petitioner George May filed a notice of appeal seeking review of the Fourth District Court of Appeal's decision in May v. Barthet, 886 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004),1 which has been treated as a notice to invoke

1. The Fourth District considered a challenge to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit's application of the Vexatious Litigant Law, section 68.093, Florida Statutes (2003), to the petitioner. The Fourth District found that May was previously barred from filing pro se matters in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit without obtaining that court's authorization or the signature of an attorney. However, the clerk of the circuit court had accidentally accepted and filed a complaint submitted by May. In response, the defendants filed a notice pursuant to the Vexatious Litigant Law that creates a procedure for correcting such errors. The trial court ultimately dismissed the complaint after May failed to appear at a hearing on the notice. The Fourth District affirmed the decision of the trial court.

this Court's discretionary jurisdiction. Since his initial filing in this case, May also has filed a "Petition for Extra Ordinary Writ Awarding Treble the Amount of All Contract's that Are Pending in All Cases in All State of Florida Courts in Damages for George May, and His Joint Venture Partners and Against all Defendant's Including Case Number Case No: CA 04 8739 AN, Which is Part of this Case Herein" and a "Notice of the Automatic Payment of all Attorney Fee's, Costs by the State of Florida, Required by Florida Statutes

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