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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed November 12, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D2025-1686 Lower Tribunal No. 23-12944-CA-01 ________________ Mohammed Alsaloussi, et al., Appellants, vs. Christopher Drummond, Appellee. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lisa S. Walsh, Judge. ZEICHMAN LAW, and Thomas G. Zeichman, for appellants. BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP, and Jesse Panuccio, for appellee. Before FERNANDEZ, GORDO and REBULL, JJ. PER CURIAM. Dismissed. See Gazil v. Gazil, 343 So. 2d 595, 597 (Fla. 1977) (“Where the appellant has disobeyed an order of the trial court, the appellate court may, in its discretion, either entertain or dismiss an appeal.”); Spataru v. Fla. Dep’t of Transp., 275 So. 3d 248, 249 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (Dismissal “is justified where a party shows deliberate and contumacious disregard of the court’s authority or willful disregard or gross indifference to an order of the court.” (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Mercer v. Raine, 443 So. 2d 944, 946 (Fla. 1983)); see also Gazil, 343 So. 2d at 597 (“Where one absconds from the jurisdiction, of course, there is no way for the Court to enforce its order, and an appeal could properly be dismissed.”); see 17 C.J.S. Contempt § 27 (2026) (“The inability to perform must be real, honest, and not self-induced. A party will be punished for contempt when the inability to obey is brought about voluntarily, as through negligence, fraud, sharp practices, or intentional avoidance.” (footnotes omitted)); accord In re Lawrence, 279 F.3d 1294, 1300 (11th Cir. 2002); see United States v. Barnette, 129 F.3d 1179, 1184 (11th Cir. 1997) (“He who offends against the law seeks in vain the help of the law”); Lieberman v. Marshall, 236 So. 2d 120, 128 (Fla. 1970) (“[S]ome cannot understand that he who flouts the law cannot be confident of the protection of any law.”). 2