VINCENT v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Charles Howard VINCENT, Appellant, v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Bureau of Victim Compensation, Appellee.

No. 1D2025-1914

Decided: October 29, 2025

Charles Howard Vincent, pro se, Appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Timothy Frizzell, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Dismissed. See Raysor v. Raysor, 706 So. 2d 400, 401 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998) (“In order to be timely, a notice of appeal must be filed with the appropriate court within the required time, and merely mailing the notice or having the notice placed in a post office box within the required time period is not sufficient.”); see also Matheny v. Indian River Fire Rescue, 174 So. 3d 1129, 1130 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (“When a deadline is tied to a date of rendition, the extra five days under Rule 2.514(b) do not apply.”)

Per Curiam.

Rowe, Nordby, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.

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