LUCAS v. STATE (2025)

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

We grant the motion to dismiss the petition as moot because the petitioner received the records requested. See Roe v. Dep't of Health, 312 So. 3d 175, 177 (Fla. 1st DCA 2021) (dismissing mandamus petition as moot where petitioner already received requested records); see also Battle v. Fla. Comm'n on Offender Rev., 188 So. 3d 10, 12 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016) (noting that direct appeal is proper vehicle for review of mandamus petition denied for reasons other than merits, but affirming where petition was properly dismissed as moot); Moeller v. Se. Fla. Behav. Health Network, Inc., 392 So. 3d 579, 586 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) (describing elements for public records claims under Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, including how claimant must show that “they made a specific request for public records, the [respondent] received it, the requested public records exist, and the [respondent] improperly refused to produce [the public records] in a timely manner” (quotation omitted)).¹

FOOTNOTES

1.   We take no position on the petitioner's entitlement to records that were subsequently requested after the filing of the underlying petition and this appeal.

PER CURIAM.