COLE v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 97-1962

726 So.2d 854 (1999)

Lemuel L. COLE, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Michael Henderson, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemuel L. Cole, Immokalee, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, a prison inmate, challenges the dismissal of his complaint for lack of prosecution under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e). We reverse, finding that there was sufficient record activity to prevent dismissal.1

Appellant filed a complaint against the appellees on October 6, 1992, for malicious prosecution. In June of 1994, the appellees sought dismissal of appellant's complaint because he failed...

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