Jonathan Lewis v. Florida Department of Corrections

Jonathan Lewis, an inmate, appeals orders dismissing two negligence actions because he did not pay the filing fees. We reverse and remand, because the trial court directed appellant to comply with a portion of section 57.085(7), Florida Statutes (2012), that has been declared unconstitutional.

After appellant asked the lower court to find that he was indigent and to waive court costs, 1 the court determined that appellant had been adjudicated indigent under section 57.081, Florida Statutes (2012), twice in the preceding three years, and thus directed him pursuant to section 57.085(7) to submit…