Ricky Slater v. Florida Department of Corrections

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D20-1027 _____________________________ RICKY SLATER, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. _____________________________ Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction. October 27, 2021 PER CURIAM. The petition is facially deficient. Cf. Sheley v. Fla. Parole Comm’n, 720 So. 2d 216, 218 (Fla. 1998). DISMISSED. JAY and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur; MAKAR, J., concurs in result with opinion.  _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ MAKAR, J., concurring in result. Because pro se pleadings are given a liberal construction, Stokes v. Florida Dept. of Corr., 948 So. 2d 75, 77 (Fla. 1st DCA 2007), Slater's petition is sufficient to conclude that he seeks certiorari relief based on a claim that the lower tribunal failed to apply the correct law. Slater's petition, however, should be denied on the merits because he has failed to establish the basis for this claim. _____________________________ Ricky Slater, pro se, Petitioner. Lance Eric Neff, General Counsel, and Daniel R. Burke, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Respondent. 2