GARY PASTORELLA
v.
DAVID SINGER

Fla. 3d DCA | 2023-08-16
No. 23-1238
Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2023) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A nonfinal order denying a motion to dismiss under Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute is not subject to appellate review by certiorari or under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130.


Headnotes

[1] A nonfinal order denying a motion to dismiss under Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute is not subject to interlocutory review by certiorari petition under Florida Rule of Appell…

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Opinion of the Court

Third District Court of Appeal

State of Florida

Opinion filed August 16, 2023. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-1238 Lower Tribunal No. 20-27623

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Gary Pastorella, et al.,

Petitioners,

vs.

David Singer,

Respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Reemberto Diaz, Judge. Kuehne Davis Law, P.A., and Benedict P. Kuehne, Michael T. Davis and Johan Dos Santos, for petitioners. Michael A. Pizzi, Jr., P.A., and Michael A. Pizzi, Jr., for respondent. Before EMAS, GORDO and BOKOR, JJ. EMAS, J.

Petitioners seek certiorari review of a nonfinal order denying their

motion to dismiss pursuant to Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute, section

768.295(4), Fla. Stat. (2022). Upon consideration, we dismiss the petition

for lack of jurisdiction, based upon our earlier decision in Vericker v. Powell,

343 So. 3d 1278 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022)1 (dismissing petition for lack of

jurisdiction, holding that a nonfinal order denying a motion for summary

judgment premised on Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute is not subject to review

as a nonfinal order under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130 or by

certiorari).2 Jupiter Island Compound, LLC, 341 So. 3d

353 (Fla. 4th DCA 2022); WPB Residents for Integrity in Gov’t, Inc. v.

Materio, 284 So. 3d 555 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019).

And, as we did in Vericker, we certify conflict with Gundel v. AV Homes,

Inc., 264 So. 3d 304 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019); Baird v. Mason Classical Acad.,

Inc., 317 So. 3d 264 (Fla. 2d DCA 2021); and Davis v. Mishiyev, 339 So. 3d

449 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022).

Petition dismissed; conflict certified.

Footnotes
1 The Florida Supreme Court granted review. See Vericker v. Powell, Case No. SC22-1042. 2 In Vericker, we also referred to the Florida Bar’s Appellate Rules Committee “the issue of whether rule 9.130’s schedule of appealable non-final orders should be amended to include orders that determine motions premised upon Florida’s Anti-SLAPP statute.” Vericker, 343 So. 3d at 1281. The Committee filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court, proposing an amendment to rule 9.130 to authorize district courts of appeal to review nonfinal orders that “deny a motion under section 768.295(4), Florida Statutes.” See In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130, Case No. SC22- 1084. The Florida Supreme Court stayed proceedings in Vericker pending disposition of the petition in SC22-1084. On April 28 2023, following consideration of the Committee’s report, the comments filed, the Committee’s responses to comments, and having had the benefit of oral argument, the Court declined to adopt the proposed amendment to rule 9.130 and lifted its stay in Vericker, which remains pending in the Florida Supreme Court.
2 See also Geddes v.

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