SLATON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-02-14
No. 2023-2646
2024 FL 1494 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024)

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Holding

A petition for writ of mandamus is properly dismissed as moot when the trial court has already issued a ruling on the pending pleading that prompted the petition.


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[1] A petition for writ of mandamus becomes moot when the trial court issues a ruling on the pleading that prompted the petition.

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Facts & Procedural History

Kelvin Kenard Slaton filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the court's original jurisdiction. The trial court had already given the petitioner a ru…

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Opinion of the Court

February 14, 2024 PER CURIAM.

The Court dismisses the petition for writ of mandamus as moot. See Farrior v. State, 343 So. 3d 159, 160 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022) (dismissing the petition for writ of mandamus as moot where the trial court had given the petitioner a ruling on the pending pleading below).

LEWIS, RAY, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.


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