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Robert LANE, Appellant, v. Christopher CUNNIFFE, Appellee.
    No. 4D15-174.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Sept. 24, 2015.
    Rehearing Denied Oct. 19, 2015.
    Daryl L. Jones of Law Offices of Daryl L. Jones, Miami, for appellant.
    Jennifer A. Powers and Brooke D. Austin of Austin & Powers Law Group, P.L., Fort Pierce, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

We affirm the non-final order denying appellant’s motion for relief from final judgment pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure l-.540(b). In August, 2014, the trial court entered a final judgment. In September, 2014, the court denied a .motion for rehearing. Appellant did not appeal these rulings. Appellant filed his motion for relief from judgment on December 29, 2014. Although the trial court committed procedural errors in its handling of this motion, such errors were harmless; the rule 1.540(b) motion should have been stricken because it attempted to rehash matters raised in the motion for rehearing and failed to raise grounds authorized under rule 1.540(b). None of the evidence identified in the motion was “newly discovered” within the meaning of rule 1.540(b)(2). See Balmoral Condo. Ass’n v. Grimaldi, 107 So.3d 1149 (Fla. 3d DCA 2013); Zivitz v. Zivitz, 16 So.3d 841 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009); Herskowitz v. Herskowitz, 513 So.2d 1318, 1319 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987).

CIKLIN, C.J., WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.