IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
GARY FREEMAN, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
v. CASE NO. 1D15-4285
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed April 8, 2016.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
George S. Reynolds, III, Judge.
Gary Freeman, for Appellant.
Kenneth S. Steely, General Counsel, Tallahassee; Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney
General, Daniel A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
LEWIS and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR; MAKAR, J., CONCURS WITH
WRITTEN OPINION.
Makar, J., concurring
We are required to dismiss this matter as untimely, but the transfer of
Freeman during the 30-day period when he was required to pursue his appellate
remedy provides him with an “alternative avenue of review.” Gundlah v. Moore,
831 So. 2d 780, 781 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) (“The appropriate remedy has been to
dismiss the untimely appeal without prejudice, allowing the appellant to pursue
relief in the lower tribunal by motion seeking to set aside the original order and
requesting that a new appealable order be entered.”).
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