Case Name: Betty BLOUIN, Petitioner, v. Honorable John V. FERGUSON, as Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-06-19
Citations: 372 So. 2d 194
Docket Number: No. 79-584
Parties: Betty BLOUIN, Petitioner, v. Honorable John V. FERGUSON, as Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
Judges: Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 372
Pages: 194–194

Head Matter:
Betty BLOUIN, Petitioner, v. Honorable John V. FERGUSON, as Circuit Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Respondent.
No. 79-584.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 19, 1979.
Penzell & Diamond, Miami, Barry J. Cly-man, Coral Gables, for petitioner.
Janet Reno, State’s Atty., for respondent.
George & Thompson, Miami, for Nilze Kallos, M.D., amicus curiae.
Before BARKDULL, HUBBART and SCHWARTZ, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judicial referee lost jurisdiction after the expiration of the time limits of a medical mediation proceeding and he, sitting alone, could not commence the proceeding within the time period for purposes of extending the time. See: Diggett v. Conkling, 368 So.2d 74 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979); Grossman v. Duncan, 371 So.2d 142 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); Hewitt v. Caffee, 368 So.2d 1342 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979).
Therefore, the rule nisi in prohibition issued heretofore is made absolute. Assuming that the trial judge will follow the dictates of this opinion, the rule absolute will not be served unless necessary.