GARY GOODENOW v. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJune 10, 2020
Docket3D20-0708
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Third District Court of Appeal
State of Florida
Opinion filed June 10, 2020.
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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No. 3D20-708
Lower Tribunal No. 14-15968
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Gary Goodenow and Mary Goodenow,
Appellants,
vs.
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC,
Appellee.
An Appeal from a non-final order from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade
County, Martin Zilber, Judge.
Pomeranz & Associates, P.A., and Mark L. Pomeranz (Hallandale), for
appellants.
Akerman LLP, and Nancy M. Wallace (Tallahassee); Akerman LLP, and
William P. Heller (Fort Lauderdale), for appellee.
Before SALTER, LOGUE and GORDO, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Defendants Gary and Mary Goodenow appeal the trial court’s denial of their
motion to stay the foreclosure proceedings below. Although the Goodenows couch
the appeal as one taken from an order denying an injunction, that is simply not the
case. An order denying a motion to stay is different from an order denying an
injunction, and, as such, does not invoke this Court’s jurisdiction under Florida Rule
of Appellate Procedure 9.130(a)(3)(B). See, e.g., Dep’t of Agric. & Consumer
Servs. v. Patchen, 25 So. 3d 1283, 1284 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010). “As such, we treat
this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari.” Learn v. Shackelford, 903 So. 2d 335,
336 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (citations omitted).
Certiorari review is available only when the petitioner has demonstrated “(1)
a departure from the essential requirements of the law, (2) resulting in material injury
for the remainder of the case[,] (3) that cannot be corrected on postjudgment appeal.”
Bd. of Trs. of Internal Improvement Tr. Fund v. Am. Educ. Enters., LLC, 99 So. 3d
450, 454 (Fla. 2012) (quoting Reeves v. Fleetwood Homes of Fla., Inc., 889 So. 2d
812, 822 (Fla. 2004)). The Goodenows have failed to meet this burden.1 “Because
[the Goodenows] have not alleged that the trial court’s action here has resulted in a
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We note that pursuant to Administrative Order SC20-23, the requirement in Florida
Rule of Civil Procedure 1.580(a) for the clerk to issue a writ of possession
“forthwith” remains suspended. Further, pursuant to Executive Order 20-94,
extended until 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2020, by Executive Order 20-137, any statute
providing for a mortgage foreclosure cause of action under Florida law has been
suspended and tolled.
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material injury to them that cannot be remedied on appeal, we do not have certiorari
jurisdiction. We therefore dismiss the petition.” Learn, 903 So. 2d at 336 (internal
citations omitted).
Dismissed.
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