Legal Opinion

Crystal v. Florida Department of Corrections

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 31, 2015No. 1D15-0008Published

1Per curiam

Roderick Crystal seeks a belated appeal or belated certiorari review of an order dismissing his petition for writ of mandamus as frivolous, but we have no authority to grant a belated appeal in a civil proceeding, see Powell v. Department of Corrections, 727 So.2d 1103 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999), nor do we have the authority to grant belated certiorari review. See Russell v. State, 114 So.3d 483 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013). Accordingly, the petition and supplemental petition are DENIED. This disposition is without prejudice, however, to petitioner seeking relief in the lower tribunal. See generally, Milord…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Powell v. Florida Dept. of CorrectionsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  2. Milord v. Florida Parole CommissionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  3. Russell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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