LARKINS
v.
DIXON
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Wilbert Larkins filed a petition for a writ of certiorari challenging a decision by the Florida Department of Corrections Secretary. The court treated the appeal as an original certiorari petition and denied it.
The court determined that the petition for writ of certiorari should be denied, treating the third amended initial brief as the operative petition.
“This Court treats the appeal as invoking our certiorari jurisdiction and the third amended initial brief as a petition for writ of certiorari.”
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
WILBERT LARKINS, Petitioner,
V.
No. 1D2024-0776
RICKY D. DIXON, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.
April 15, 2026
PER CURIAM.
This Court treats the appeal as invoking our certiorari jurisdiction and the third amended initial brief as a petition for writ of certiorari. See Sheley v. Fla. Parole Comm'n, 703 So. 2d 1202 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997), approved by 720 So. 2d 216 (Fla. 1998). So construed, the petition is denied.
RAY, M.K. THOMAS, and LONG, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
Wilbert Larkins, pro se, Petitioner. Kelly R. Forren, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
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