CRAIG v. PRESTON

No. 91-2793.

593 So.2d 578 (1992)

Ray C. CRAIG, Petitioner, v. Lynette N. PRESTON, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Pozen and Jay M. Levy, Miami, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondents.

Before BASKIN, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Ray C. Craig petitions for a writ of common law certiorari seeking review of a clerk's order dismissing his appeal from the appellate division of the circuit court for failure to timely file his initial brief.

We grant the petition, as "[i]t is an established principle of law that dismissal of an appellate proceeding should be employed sparingly and only after repeated violations or contumacious disregard of a court's orders." Krebs v. State...

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