Rankin v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2026-0923 _____________________________ MARYLEAN RANKIN, Appellant, v. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the County Court for Wakulla County. Brian D. Miller, Judge. November 12, 2026 PER CURIAM. DISMISSED as moot. See Godwin v. State, 593 So. 2d 211, 212 (Fla. 1992) (“An issue is moot when the controversy has been so fully resolved that a judicial determination can have no actual effect. A case is ‘moot’ when it presents no actual controversy or when the issues have ceased to exist.”); Mills v. Robert W. Gottfried, Inc., 272 So. 2d 837, 838 (Fla. 4th DCA 1973) (“[B]oth the [arbitration] agreement and the Florida Arbitration Code contemplates the submission to arbitrate real [c]ontroversies—not questions simply of academic interest. When the motion to dismiss was filed in the present case, there was no controversy to submit to arbitration.”). ROWE, KELSEY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Marylean Rankin, pro se, Appellant. Lauren M. Burnette of Messer Strickler Burnette, Ltd, Jacksonville, for Appellee. 2