NORTHUP v. STATE (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

David Joseph NORTHUP, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Case No. 5D2025-1760

Decided: November 14, 2025

David Joseph Northrup, Graceville, pro se. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Whitney Brown Hartless, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Appellant appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus in St. Johns County Circuit Court Case No. 55-2001-CF-2098-A. We affirm the trial court's order and caution Appellant that abusive, repetitive, malicious, or frivolous filings directed to St. Johns County Circuit Court Case No. 55-2001-CF-2098-A may result in sanctions such as a bar on pro se filing in this Court and referral to prison officials for disciplinary proceedings, which may include forfeiture of gain time. See § 944.279(1), Fla. Stat. (2020); State v. Spencer, 751 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1999).

Affirmed and Appellant Cautioned.

Per Curiam.

Lambert, Edwards, and Eisnaugle, JJ., concur.

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