IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 9.710
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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.
[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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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.