Janovitz v. Judges of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Pamela Janovitz, who was an unsuccessful appellant in the circuit court below, in which it is urged that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to enter an adverse order assessing appellate attorney’s fees. We grant the petition for a writ of mandamus because, simply stated, the order was entered fifty-four days after the circuit court had issued its appellate mandate affirming the county court judgment under review without the court ever having recalled the mandate to enter such order— and, accordingly, (1) the circuit court had no…