| Date Docketed | Description | Filed By | Notes |
| 07/15/2021 | Notice of Appeal Filed | Robert L. Martin | |
| 07/15/2021 | Acknowledgment Letter | | |
| 07/15/2021 | ORD-Pay Filing Fee-Civil Appeal | | The jurisdiction of this court was invoked by filing of a Notice of Appeal in the lower tribunal. The $300.00 filing fee required by the applicable rule of procedure and Section 35.22(2)(a), Florida Statutes, is due and payable REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE APPEAL IS LATER DISMISSED VOLUNTARILY OR ADVERSELY. ORDERED that appellant shall pay the $300.00 filing fee or file the lower tribunal clerk's determination of indigent status in this court within ten (10) days from the date of this order. The fee may be paid electronically through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal – see the court’s website for details. Failure to comply within the time prescribed will result in dismissal of this cause and may result in the court sanctioning of any party, or the party's attorney, who has not paid the filing fee. The attorney filing the Notice of Appeal has a duty to tender the filing fee to the appellate court when the appeal is initiated. See In Re Payment of Filing Fees, 744 So. 2d 1025 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Failure of the attorney to pay will result in referral to the Department of Financial Services for collection. **NOTE: This order does not toll the time for filing any pleadings necessary to prosecute this appeal and no extensions of time will be entertained. Once the fee is paid, it is not refundable. Except for dismissal, this court will take no action in this appeal until the filing fee is paid or until a lower tribunal clerk's determination of indigent status is filed. |
| 08/03/2021 | ORD-Sua Sponte Dismiss-No Filing Fee | | ORDERED sua sponte that the above-styled appeal is dismissed for non-payment of the $300.00 filing fee. |
| 08/03/2021 | Dismissed - Order by Clerk | | (Reinstated 8/10/2021) |
| 08/09/2021 | Case Filing Fee | | |
| 08/09/2021 | Motion For Reinstatement | Robert L. Martin | |
| 08/10/2021 | ORD-Reinstatement | | ORDERED that appellant’s August 9, 2021 motion for reinstatement is granted, and the above-styled appeal is reinstated. |
| 09/08/2021 | Received Records | Clerk Broward CC01 | 150 PAGES |
| 10/26/2021 | Show Cause Lack of Prosecution, Initial Brief | | **DISCHARGED** ORDERED that appellant in the above-styled case is directed to show cause in writing, if any there be, within ten (10) days from the date of this order, why the above-styled case should not be dismissed for lack of timely prosecution, in that appellant's initial brief has not been filed with this court as of this date. Failure to respond to this order will result in a sua sponte dismissal without further notice. If the initial brief is filed within this time, the order to show cause will be considered automatically discharged without further order. |
| 11/03/2021 | Mot. for Extension of time to file Initial Brief | Robert L. Martin | |
| 11/03/2021 | Order Granting EOT for Initial Brief | | ORDERED that upon consideration of appellant’s response filed November 3, 2021, this court’s October 26, 2021 order to show cause is discharged. Further, ORDERED that appellant’s November 3, 2021 motion for extension of time is granted, and appellant shall serve the initial brief within fifteen (15) days from the date of this order. In addition, if the initial brief is not served within the time provided for in this order, the above-styled case may be subject to dismissal or the court in its discretion may impose other sanctions. |
| 11/22/2021 | Initial Brief on Merits | Robert L. Martin | |
| 12/20/2021 | Appellee's Answer Brief | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | **Stricken** |
| 12/20/2021 | Appendix to Brief | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | **Stricken** |
| 12/20/2021 | Motion For Attorney's Fees | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | **Stricken** |
| 12/21/2021 | Stricken - Non-Compliance With R. 9.045 | | ORDERED that appellee’s December 20, 2021 answer brief and motion for attorney’s fees are stricken as not in compliance with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.045, which became effective January 1, 2021, in that they are computer-generated document which do not comply with the font requirements set forth in Rule 9.045(b). See Fla. R. App. P. 9.045(b) (“Computer-generated documents shall be filed in either Arial 14-point font or Bookman Old Style 14-point font.”). Amended documents in compliance with Rule 9.045 shall be filed within two (2) days from the date of this order. |
| 12/21/2021 | Order Striking Appendix - Non-Compliance With R. 9.220 | | ORDERED that appellee’s appendix to the answer brief is stricken as not in compliance with Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.220(c), which was amended effective October 1, 2017, in that it was not consecutively paginated, beginning with the cover sheet as page 1, and was not paginated so that the page numbers displayed by the PDF reader exactly match the pagination of the index. An amended appendix in compliance with Rule 9.220(c) shall be filed within two (2) days from the date of this order. |
| 12/22/2021 | Appellee's Answer Brief | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | |
| 12/22/2021 | Appendix to Brief | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | |
| 12/22/2021 | Motion For Attorney's Fees | Daniel C. Lopez 86093 | |
| 01/04/2022 | Motion for Extension of Time | Robert L. Martin | |
| 01/05/2022 | ORD-Moot | | ORDERED that appellant’s January 4, 2022 motion for extension of time is determined to be moot as the December 21, 2021 order was addressed to the appellee, not appellant. |
| 04/21/2022 | Affirmed - Per Curiam Affirmed | | |
| 04/21/2022 | Order Granting Attorney Fees-Unconditionally | | ORDERED that appellee’s December 22, 2021 motion for appellate attorney's fees is granted. On remand, the trial court shall set the amount of the attorney's fees to be awarded for this appellate case. If a motion for rehearing is filed in this court, then services rendered in connection with the filing of the motion, including, but not limited to, preparation of a responsive pleading, shall be taken into account in computing the amount of the fee. |
| 05/13/2022 | Mandate | | |
| 05/13/2022 | West Publishing | | |