          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-4980
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JOHNNY WELCH,

    Petitioner,

    v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal – Original Jurisdiction.

                          March 29, 2018


PER CURIAM.

     Because this petition seeks belated appeal of a lower
tribunal order in a civil matter, the petition for belated appeal is
denied. See Powell v. Fla. Dep’t of Corrections, 727 So. 2d 1103
(Fla. 1st DCA 1999) (stating that because the proceedings below
were civil in nature, the provisions of Florida Rule of Appellate
Procedure 9.141(c) are not applicable).         This disposition is
without prejudice to Petitioner’s right, if any he has, to seek relief
in the lower tribunal by a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of
Civil Procedure 1.540. See Snelson v. Snelson, 440 So. 2d 477
(Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

ROWE, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Johnny Welch, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Kristen J. Lonergan,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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