Ruffin v. May

Full title: Michael RUFFIN, Appellant, v. MAY, Warden, JCI FDOC, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Jul 6, 2021

324 So. 3d 36 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 1D21-1177

07-06-2021

Michael RUFFIN, Appellant, v. MAY, Warden, JCI FDOC, Appellee.

Michael Ruffin, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee; Lance Eric Neff, General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Michael Ruffin, pro se, Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee; Lance Eric Neff, General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

Michael Ruffin appeals the trial court's order dismissing his mandamus petition without prejudice and providing leave to file an amended petition. Because the trial court's order is a nonfinal, nonappealable order, this Court dismisses the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Hancock v. Piper , 186 So. 2d 489, 490 (Fla. 1966) (explaining that "an order dismissing a cause but granting additional time in which to file an amended complaint is nothing more than an interlocutory order and [ ] the court still has control of the litigation").

Rowe, C.J., and Roberts and Jay, JJ., concur.