MICHAEL BOYINGTON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2022-09-28
No. 22-1497
Skoglund
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2022)

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Holding

A petition for writ of mandamus is moot when the trial court has already rendered a ruling on the pleading that was the subject of the mandamus petition.


Headnotes

[1] A petition for writ of mandamus becomes moot when the trial court has already ruled on the pleading that is the subject of the mandamus petition.

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Facts & Procedural History

Boyington sought a writ of mandamus in the appellate court. The trial court had already ruled on the pleading that was the basis for the mandamus peti…

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Opinion of the Court

September 28, 2022 PER CURIAM.

Because the trial court has ruled on the pleading pending below, the Court dismisses the petition for writ of mandamus as moot. See Ward v. State, 770 So. 2d 206 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000) (dismissing a petition for writ of mandamus as moot where the trial court had ruled on the pleading pending below).

LEWIS, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

_____________________________ Michael Boyington, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Bureau Chief, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


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