SC07-80 – The Florida Bar v. John Bruce Thompson

State: Florida

Docket No: SC07-80

Case Date: 01/10/2008

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____________ No. SC07-80 ____________ THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, vs. JOHN BRUCE THOMPSON, Respondent. ____________ No. SC07-354 ____________ THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant, vs. JOHN BRUCE THOMPSON, Respondent. [March 20, 2008] PER CURIAM. John Bruce Thompson currently has two Florida Bar disciplinary proceedings pending against him, Florida Bar v. Thompson, Case No. SC07-80, and Florida Bar v. Thompson, Case No. SC07-354. The Court is awaiting the

referee's report. By order dated April 12, 2007, after submitting inappropriate and pornographic materials to this Court, Thompson was specifically warned that should he continue to submit inappropriate filings, this Court would consider imposing a sanction limiting Thompson's ability to submit further filings without the signature of an attorney other than himself. Since that order, Thompson has filed numerous additional filings which led this Court to issue an order directing Thompson to show cause why we should not limit his filings or otherwise impose sanctions upon him for submitting frivolous filings. We now sanction Thompson. 1 Thompson has submitted over fifty filings directly with this Court, all of which have either been forwarded to the referee, dismissed, or denied. Additionally, Thompson's most recent filings are repetitive, frivolous, and, like his earlier ones, insulting to the Court. One of Thompson's recent filings contains what Thompson refers to as a "children's picture book for adults" that rehashes his previous arguments in illustrated form which he states was necessary due to "the Court's inability to comprehend" his arguments. Between the text of the motion, Thompson pasted images depicting swastikas, kangaroos in court, a reproduced dollar bill, cartoon squirrels, Paul Simon, Paul Newman, Ray Charles, a handprint with the word "SLAP!" written under it, Bar Governor Benedict P. Kuehne, a baby, Ed Bradley, Jack Nicholson, Justice Clarence Thomas, Julius Caesar,

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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