BROWN v. STATE (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Thomas Irwin BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

No. 1D20-2612

Decided: April 06, 2021

Thomas Irwin Brown, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Thomas Brown seeks review of the trial court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of mandamus, which he filed in the context of his closed criminal case. In the petition below, Brown sought to compel the State Attorney to provide him with certain records. The trial court dismissed his petition because he failed to show that he made a proper request to the State Attorney and paid any required advance fees and costs. To the extent the trial court's ruling might be considered a final order, we treat Brown's petition as seeking plenary appellate review. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.040(c). Even so, the legal arguments that Brown sets out in his petition fail to demonstrate a preliminary basis for relief. We treat the petition as the initial brief and summarily affirm. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.315(a).

Affirmed.

Per Curiam.

Roberts, Rowe, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.

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