IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.710

Fla. | 2026-03-12
No. SC2025-1415
Muñiz, C.J., Labarga, J., Couriel, J., Grosshans, J., Francis, J., Sasso, J., Tanenbaum, J.
2026 FL 2579 Florida Supreme Court (2026)

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Holding

Rule 9.710(b) is amended to exclude petitions filed under rule 9.100(c)(2) from the prohibition against referring extraordinary writ matters to appellate mediation.


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[1] Petitions filed under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.100(c)(2) are eligible for referral to appellate mediation notwithstanding the general prohibition against ref…

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The Florida Bar's Appellate Court Rules Committee proposed amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.710(b) regarding eligibility for mediat…

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Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida

No. SC2025-1415

IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE

PROCEDURE 9.710.

March 12, 2026

PER CURIAM.

The Florida Bar's Appellate Court Rules Committee (Committee) filed a report proposing amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.710(b) (Eligibility for Mediation).1 Having considered the proposed amendments, the comment received, and the Committee's response, we hereby amend rule 9.710(b).

First, rule 9.710(b) is amended to exclude petitions filed under

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 2(a), Fla. Const.; see also Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.140(b)(1).

rule 9.100(c)(2) from the prohibition against referring extraordinary writ matters to appellate mediation. Second, a reference to habeas corpus is deleted as superfluous.

The Court hereby amends the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure as reflected in the appendix to this opinion. New language is indicated by underscoring; deletions are indicated by struck-through type. The amendments become effective July1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.

It is so ordered.

MUÑIZ, C.J., and LABARGA, COURIEL, GROSSHANS, FRANCIS, SASSO, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.

THE FILING OF A MOTION FOR REHEARING SHALL NOT ALTER

THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE AMENDMENTS.

Footnotes
1 This Court published the proposal for comment, and the Supreme Court Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Policy filed a comment in support of the amendments. The Committee filed a response expressing gratitude for the supportive comment.

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