CUENTAS, INC.
v.
SPECTRUM INTELLIGENCE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY, LLC

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-07-16
No. 2024-1669
Schurr, J., Gordo, J., Bokor, J., Gooden, J.
2025 FL 5970 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

The absence of a hearing transcript at which the trial court made its decision prevents meaningful appellate review of whether the trial court abused its discretion.


Headnotes

[1] The absence of a hearing transcript prevents meaningful appellate review of whether a trial court abused its discretion in making a decision at that hearing.

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“The absence of a hearing transcript at which the trial court made this decision prevents any meaningful review of whether the trial court abused its discretion in this regard.”

Court explaining the procedural impediment to appellate review

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Cuentas, Inc. appealed a decision from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The record lacked a hearing transcript documenting the trial court's d…

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Opinion of the Court
Gooden

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed July 16, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1669 Lower Tribunal No. 18-27150-CA-01 ________________

Cuentas, Inc., Appellant,

vs.

Spectrum Intelligence Communications Agency, LLC, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Valerie R. Manno Schurr, Judge.

AM Law LLC, and Gary Murphree, for appellant.

Roniel Rodriguez IV, P.A., and Roniel Rodriguez IV, for appellee.

Before GORDO, BOKOR and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Umana v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 282 So. 3d 933, 934–35 (Fla. 3 DCA 2019) (“The absence of a hearing transcript at which the trial court made this decision prevents any meaningful review of whether the trial court abused its discretion in this regard.” (citing Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee, 377 So. 2d 1150 (Fla. 1979)); Ocean Bank v. Caribbean Towers Condo. Ass’n, Inc., 121 So. 3d 1087, 1090 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013) (“[A] procedural bar . . . does not implicate a court’s subject matter jurisdiction. Not being jurisdictional, [the] argument can be waived.”).


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