WATKINS
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
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A court lacks jurisdiction to grant a belated appeal in a civil proceeding.
[1] A petition for belated appeal is available only in criminal collateral or postconviction review proceedings and not in civil matters.
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
MALCOLM WATKINS, Petitioner,
v.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS, Respondent.
No. 1D2026-0935
Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Proceedings.
August 5, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Because Petitioner seeks a belated appeal of a circuit court order entered in a civil matter, the Court dismisses the petition for lack of jurisdiction. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141 (authorizing a petition for belated appeal only for “review proceedings in collateral or postconviction criminal cases"); Perez v. Jones, 174 So. 3d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (explaining that this Court lacks the authority to grant a belated appeal in a civil proceeding).
KELSEY, M.K. THOMAS, and NORDBY, JJ., concur.