PJS CONSULTING, INC., ET AL
v.
SIERRA

Fla. 2d DCA | 2026-04-15
No. 2025-0803
2026 FL 4260 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2026)

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Holding

Petitioners failed to demonstrate a departure from the essential requirements of the law sufficient to warrant relief via writ of certiorari from an order requiring production of business records.


Headnotes

[1] An improper appeal remedy must be treated as if the proper remedy—here, writ of certiorari—had been sought under Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.040(c).

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Facts & Procedural History

PJS Consulting and related entities appealed a trial court order granting Gina Sierra's motion for immediate production of business records. The appea…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

PJS CONSULTING, INC.; PAUL J. SIERRA CONSTRUCTION, INC.; SIERRA CONSTRUCTION & RESTORATION, INC.; SIERRA RESIDENTIAL HOLDINGS, LLP; SIERRA COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, LLP; and EAS HOLDINGS, LLP,

Petitioners,

V.

GINA SIERRA,

Respondent.

No. 2D2025-0803

April 15, 2026

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Christopher C. Nash, Judge.

Heather A. DeGrave of Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP, Tampa, for Petitioners.

Joseph H. Lang, Jr., of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

PJS Consulting, Inc.; Paul J. Sierra Construction, Inc.; Sierra Construction & Restoration, Inc.; Sierra Residential Holdings, LLP; Sierra Commercial Holdings, LLP; and EAS Holdings, LLP, initiated this proceeding as an appeal from the trial court's order granting Gina Sierra's motion for an order directing immediate production of business records. After consideration of supplemental jurisdictional briefs from the parties, we treat this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari.1 Cf. Universal Eng'g Testing Co. v. Israel, 707 So. 2d 900, 901-02 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (involving petition for writ of certiorari directed at order requiring corporation to produce business records at request of alleged stockholder); Jewelers Int'l Showcase, Inc. v. Mandell, 529 So. 2d 1211, 1212 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988) (similar); Oil Conservationists, Inc. v. Gilbert, 471 So. 2d 650, 652-54 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (similar). Having considered this case on the merits, we hold that petitioners have failed to demonstrate a departure from the essential requirements of the law. We therefore deny the petition.

Denied.

NORTHCUTT, MORRIS, and SMITH, JJ., Concur. Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.

Footnotes
1 Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c) ("If a party seeks an improper remedy, the cause must be treated as if the proper remedy had been sought . . . .").

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