LEDGER v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

Nos. 2D13-4661, 2D13-5536, 2D13-5574.

135 So.3d 496 (2014)

Kim LEDGER, Petitioner, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, Respondent. Termaine Jones, Petitioner, v. City of St. Petersburg, Respondent. Tracy Garcia, Petitioner, v. City of St. Petersburg, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed March 26, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirsten Clanton , Southern Legal Counsel Inc., Gainesville, for Petitioners.

Michael L. Emge , Office of the Court Counsel, St. Petersburg, for Respondent J. Thomas McGrady , Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court.


PER CURIAM.

Three civil litigants petition this court for a writ of mandamus compelling the judge of the Appellate Division of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court to grant indigent fee waivers. As each petition presents the same legal issue, we have consolidated them only for purposes of this opinion. Because we conclude that the court has not complied with its ministerial duty to waive the filing fee when a litigant has been declared civilly indigent, we grant the petitions...

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