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Florida Supreme Court Pimpslaps Thompson

• Scribbled on March 20th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
• Filed in Industry News, Legal Brief

Apparently, the Florida Supreme Court’s had enough of Jack Thompson. They have officially sanctioned him, meaning he can no longer directly contact them, and can only do so through a lawyer.

The Court’s ruling:

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…

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… We now sanction Thompson…

Thompson engaged, to the point of abuse… in a relentless and frivolous pursuit for vindication of his claim that he is being victimized by The Florida Bar…

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Thompson’s multiple responses are rambling, argumentative, and contemptuous… What we cannot tolerate, however, is Thompson’s continued inability to maintain a minimum standard of decorum and respect for the judicial system to which all litigants, and especially attorneys, must adhere…

A thorough review of Thompson’s filings lead to one conclusion. He has abused the processes of the Court… Accordingly… the Clerk of this Court is hereby instructed to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, documents, or other filings submitted by John Bruce Thompson, unless signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than himself.

…Further, if Thompson submits a filing in violation of this order, he may be subjected to contempt proceedings or other appropriate sanctions.

It’ll be interesting to see how this trainwreck responds to the ruling. Strip naked and march up and down the court steps with a sign saying, “AO

(Thanks, GamePolitics.)