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Frank E. Polo v. Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, et al.

IFP petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, No. 3D2026-0507 · judgment April 7, 2026


Pending

Questions presented

  1. Whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state court to impose and enforce a filing restriction against an indigent self-represented litigant without notice or hearing, where the only stated path to filing requires review by a member of the state bar and no alternative mechanism exists for jurisdictional, constitutional, emergency, or judicial-disqualification motions.

  2. Whether a state appellate court denies meaningful access to court and procedural due process when it disposes of preserved constitutional access-to-courts challenges through unexplained denials or minimally explained orders, thereby preventing further review and leaving in place an ongoing filing restriction entered without notice or hearing.

  3. Whether fifing restrictions imposed and enforced without notice, hearing, neutral standards, or meaningful appellate review present an issue of exceptional national importance when they burden judicial-relief filings by an indigent litigant who also engaged in protected petitioning activity and public criticism of alleged judicial corruption.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Frank E. Polo

For respondent

Case

Conference history

Proceedings

  1. Jul 17 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 23, 2026)