Case Name: James S. HARRIS, Appellant, v. ANNE BATES LEACH EYE INSTITUTE, et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-11-09
Citations: 206 So.3d 800
Docket Number: No. 3D16-257
Parties: James S. HARRIS, Appellant, v. ANNE BATES LEACH EYE INSTITUTE, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and FERNANDEZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 206
Pages: 800–801

Head Matter:
James S. HARRIS, Appellant, v. ANNE BATES LEACH EYE INSTITUTE, et al., Appellees.
No. 3D16-257.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 9, 2016.
James S. Harris, in proper person.
Fowler White Burnett P.A., and Marc J. Schleier and Christopher E. Knight, for appellees.
Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

Opinion:
ROTHENBERG, J.
James S. Harris ("Harris") appeals the trial court's order denying his rule 1.540(b) motion to vacate the trial court's earlier order rendered on August 29, 2012, dismissing his medical malpractice complaint with prejudice. Because it is clear that Harris's motion was untimely filed, we affirm.
Harris contends that he did not initially receive the order of dismissal when it was rendered in August 2012. However, by his own admission, he was aware of the order and had a copy of the order in his possession as of February 23, 2014. Thus, because his rule 1.540(b) motion to vacate was filed more than one year after receiving a copy of the trial court's order of dismissal, the motion was untimely filed. See Owen v. State, 483 So.2d 453, 454-55 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court's denial of Harris's motion to vacate.
Affirmed.