Little Robert Robertson v. Orange County
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledOctober 9, 2026
Docket6D2026-0149
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Case No. 6D2026-0149
Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CA-003430-O
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LITTLE ROBERT ROBERTSON,
Appellant,
v.
ORANGE COUNTY,
Appellee.
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Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.130 from the Circuit Court for Orange County.
Heather Pinder Rodriguez, Judge.
October 9, 2026
PRATT, J.
Appellant has filed an appeal from an order granting summary judgment.
However, the summary judgment order at issue in this appeal is neither an appealable
final order under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110 nor an appealable
nonfinal order under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.130. See, e.g., Atrium
Med. Corp. v. MSP Recovery Claims, Series, LLC, 367 So. 3d 573, 575 (Fla. 3d
DCA 2023) (“[I]t is well-established that an order which merely grants summary
judgment, without more, is only appealable as a final order when no judicial labor
remains to be done by the trial court.” (citation omitted)); Dixon v. Allstate Ins. Co.,
609 So. 2d 71, 71 (Fla. 1st DCA 1992) (“Clearly, [the order granting summary
judgment at issue in this case] is not an appealable non-final order pursuant to Rule
9.130(a)(3) because it does not fit within any of the limited categories of appealable
non-final orders set out there.”). See generally S.L.T. Warehouse Co. v. Webb, 304
So. 2d 97, 99 (Fla. 1974) (“Generally, the test employed by the appellate court to
determine finality of an order, judgment or decree is whether the order in question
constitutes an end to the judicial labor in the cause, and nothing further remains to
be done by the court to effectuate a termination of the cause as between the parties
directly affected.”); Timmons v. Lake City Golf, LLC, 293 So. 3d 596, 599 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2020) (“[A] judgment is final when it puts an end to judicial labor, with only
execution and enforcement of the judgment remaining.” (citation omitted)); Fla. R.
App. P. 9.020(f) (defining “order” as “[a] decision, order, judgment, decree, or rule
of a lower tribunal”); Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(3) (listing the types of nonfinal orders
that are appealable). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as premature. See Fla. R.
App. P. 9.110(l).
DISMISSED.
STARGEL and WOZNIAK, JJ., concur.
Little Robert Robertson, Orlando, pro se.
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Bobby G. Palmer, Jr. and Damon S. Starrett, of Hilyard, Bogan & Palmer, P.A.,
Orlando, for Appellee.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING
AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED
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