JEAN ULYSSE
v.
VINELAND INVESTMENT PARTNERS PHASE 11, LLC
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An appellant's appeal must be dismissed or affirmed when the initial brief fails to comply with appellate rules requiring citations to the record, and the court may impose sanctions for filing briefs containing citations to non-existent cases.
[1] An appellant's failure to include citations to the record or transcript in an initial brief constitutes a procedural deficiency that may result in affirmance of the judgm…
[2] An attorney or pro se litigant who files an appellate brief containing citations to non-existent cases may be subject to sanctions, including a requirement that future fi…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2025-2767 Lower Tribunal No. 2025-CC-005586
JEAN ULYSSE, Appellant,
V.
VINELAND INVESTMENT PARTNERS PHASE II, LLC, Appellee.
Appeal from the County Court for Osceola County. Juna M. Pulayya, Judge.
September 10, 2026
SMITH, J.
Appellant, Jean Ulysse (“Ulysse"), appeals the final default judgment in favor of Appellee, Vineland Investment Partners Phase II, LLC (“Vineland”), in relation to Vineland's residential eviction action. Vineland moved to strike Ulysse's Initial Brief as, among other things, it lacked any citations to the record. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.210(b)(3) (requires initial brief to contain “references to the appropriate pages of the record or transcript"). We granted Vineland's motion and struck Ulysse's Initial Brief. Ulysse's Amended Initial Brief is fifty-six pages long, yet it again does
not contain a single citation to the record on appeal. “[I]t is not the function of the Court to rebrief an appeal." Polyglycoat Corp. v. Hirsch Distribs, Inc., 442 So. 2d 958, 960 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983); see also Walker v. Est. of Yee, 376 So. 3d 758, 758 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) (applying the principles set forth in Polyglycoat to pro se litigants). As Ulysse's arguments are insufficiently briefed, we therefore affirm.
We also note that seven of the cases cited in Ulysse's Amended Initial Brief— which he cites a total of at least twenty times—do not exist. Ulysse is directed to show cause within ten days of the issuance of this opinion why he should not be sanctioned for filing a brief that contains non-existent cases. Potential sanctions include the imposition of a requirement that a member of the Florida Bar in good standing review and sign any future filings in this Court on behalf of Appellant in any matter in which he seeks review of the underlying action (Lower Tribunal No. 2025-CC-5586-EV). See Hessert v. Hessert, 431 So. 3d 610, 615 (Fla. 6th DCA 2026).
AFFIRMED. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ISSUED.
TRAVER, C.J., and STARGEL, J., concur.
Jean Ulysse, Kissimmee, pro se.
William J. McCabe, Longwood, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
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- Polyglycoat Corp. v. Hirsch Distribs., Inc., 442 So. 2d 958 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983)
- Devenson Walker v. Est. of Robert Yee, 376 So. 3d 758 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024)
- Hessert v. Hessert, 2026 WL 785016 (Fla. 6th DCA 2026)