Varnado v. Rakusin Law Firm

Full title: Shirley A. VARNADO, Petitioner, v. The RAKUSIN LAW FIRM, Respondent.

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

Date published: May 16, 2012

88 So. 3d 428 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 4D11–2956.

2012-05-16

Shirley A. VARNADO, Petitioner, v. The RAKUSIN LAW FIRM, Respondent.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John B. Bowman, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 10–25320 02 and 08–8823 COCE. Shirley A. Varnado, Davie, pro se. Stephen Rakusin, The Rakusin Law Firm, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John B. Bowman, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 10–25320 02 and 08–8823 COCE.
Shirley A. Varnado, Davie, pro se. Stephen Rakusin, The Rakusin Law Firm, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.
PER CURIAM.

The petition for second-tier review of the order of the circuit court sitting in its appellate capacity is granted. The court dismissed petitioner's appeal of a county court judgment for failure to file a brief, without providing ten days' notice as required before sanctions may be imposed. SeeFla. R.App. P. 9.410. Respondent concedes that the court departed from the essential requirements of law. See Tucker v. Charles D. Franken, P.A., 62 So.3d 1207, 1208 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). See also United Auto. Ins. Co. v. Total Rehab & Med. Ctr., 870 So.2d 866, 870 (Fla. 3d DCA 2004). This matter is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with the foregoing cases.

WARNER, POLEN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.