WATERS v. PETERS (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

James Levoy WATERS, Appellant, v. Gary “Bubba” PETERS, Escambia County Property Appraiser, Pensacola, Florida; Pam Childers, Clerk of the Courts, Pensacola, Florida; Elizabeth Meriwether, Personal Representative of the Estate of Monte Meriwether, Pensacola, Florida; Locklin, Saba, Locklin & Jones, P.A., Pace, Florida, Appellees.*

No. 1D2023-2431

Decided: July 23, 2025

James Levoy Waters, pro se, Appellant. Jennifer Shoaf Richardson and Rebecca H. Radd of Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon, Pensacola, for Appellee Gary “Bubba” Peters, Escambia County Property Appraiser; Darryl Steve Traylor, Jr. and T.A. Borowski, Jr. of Borowski & Traylor, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee Elizabeth Meriwether; Codey L. Leigh, Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Pensacola, for the Appellee Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.

James Levoy Waters appeals two orders granting motions to dismiss filed by Chris Jones, the Escambia County Property Appraiser, and Pam Childers, the Escambia County Clerk of Court. We affirm the trial court's order granting Childers’ motion without further comment but dismiss the appeal as to the order granting Jones’ motion because it is not final. See Gorham v. Lavine, 376 So. 3d 781, 783 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (“Because this order merely grants a motion and does not contain final language actually dismissing the claims, it is not appealable.” (first citing Johnson v. First City Bank of Gainesville, 491 So. 2d 1217, 1218 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); then citing Fla. R. App. P. 9.110(l))).

Affirmed, in part, Dismissed, in part.

Per Curiam.

Lewis, Bilbrey, and Winokur, JJ., concur.

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