FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2024-2773 _____________________________ PATRICK H. STENSTROM, Petitioner, v. RICKY D. DIXON, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.

February 12, 2025

PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED. See Perez v. Jones, 174 So. 3d 1088 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (holding that an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of mandamus is civil in nature and therefore not subject to a petition for belated appeal brought under rule 9.141(c), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure).

LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Patrick H. Stenstrom, pro se, Petitioner.

Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.