SANTIBENEZ

v.

DIXON

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

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No. 1D2023-2818 _____________________________

LUIS SANTIBANEZ,

Appellant,

v.

RICKY D. DIXON, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections,

Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.

May 14, 2025

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Ivory v. State, 299 So. 3d 1178 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) (holding that a prisoner serving a life sentence cannot show a liberty interest implicated by disciplinary action resulting in disciplinary confinement); John v. Crews, 149 So. 3d 149 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014) (affirming dismissal of petition for writ of mandamus to review prison disciplinary proceedings; appellant serving life sentence had no constitutionally protected liberty interest at stake). LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.

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

Luis Santibanez, pro se, Appellant.

Dan A. Johnson, General Counsel, and Declan R. Duffy, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellee.