Henry Tien, Appellant, v. Sergio L. Mendez, etc., et al., Appellees. (2025)

Appellant, Henry Tien, appeals from an order granting a motion for entry of a judicial default rendered by the trial court following his purported failure to respond to the complaint. Appellee, Sergio L. Mendez, as Curator of the Estate of Ming C. Tien, has moved to dismiss the appeal, contending we lack jurisdiction. We conclude that the order under review is neither a final appealable order nor a nonfinal appealable order. See Denis v. Seasons Gardens Senior Residence, LLC, 402 So. 3d 1144, 1146 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) (“[A]n order entering a judicial default is not a final appealable order, as it does not put an end to judicial labor in the case, nor is such an order included in the schedule of appealable[ ] non[ ]final orders set forth in rule 9.130(a)(3).”); Valledor Co., Inc. v. Decky, 338 So. 3d 956, 958 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) (noting that judicial default is neither a final order nor an appealable nonfinal order under rule 9.130(a)(3)); Dieuvil v. Falcon Trace Homeowners Ass'n, Inc., 326 So. 3d 709, 710 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021) (holding that order granting a motion for entry of default is a nonfinal nonappealable order). We therefore lack jurisdiction and dismiss the appeal.

Appeal dismissed.

MILLER, J.