FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2025-1914 _____________________________ CHARLES HOWARD VINCENT, Appellant, v. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUREAU OF VICTIM COMPENSATION, Appellee. _____________________________

On appeal from Office of the Attorney General Department of Legal Affairs.

Joseph Spataro, Director.

October 29, 2025 PER CURIAM.

DISMISSED. See Raysor v. Raysor, 706 So. 2d 400, 401 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998) (“In order to be timely, a notice of appeal must be filed with the appropriate court within the required time, and merely mailing the notice or having the notice placed in a post office box within the required time period is not sufficient.”); see also Matheny v. Indian River Fire Rescue, 174 So. 3d 1129, 1130 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (“When a deadline is tied to a date of rendition, the extra five days under Rule 2.514(b) do not apply.”)

ROWE, NORDBY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Charles Howard Vincent, pro se, Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Timothy Frizzell, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.