Case Name: Lazaro RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-12-13
Citations: 237 So. 3d 1069
Docket Number: No. 3D16–1529
Parties: Lazaro RODRIGUEZ, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SUAREZ, LAGOA, and SCALES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 237
Pages: 1069–1070

Head Matter:
Lazaro RODRIGUEZ, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D16-1529
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed December 13, 2017
Lazaro Rodriguez, in proper person.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Arlisa Certain, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SUAREZ, LAGOA, and SCALES, JJ.

Opinion:
LAGOA, J.
Appellant, Lazaro Rodriguez ("Rodriguez"), appeals from the denial of a motion to dismiss the pending amended violation of probation ("VOP") affidavit. Because the order denying Rodriguez's motion is not an appealable order, we dismiss the appeal.
Rodriguez alleges that a Monroe County circuit judge issued a warrant for violation of probation but that no hearing has been held. The State contends that an order denying an inmate's motion for violation of probation hearing is neither a final judgment adjudicating guilt nor an order revoking or modifying probation under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140. We agree. See Torres v. State, 700 So.2d 1247, 1248 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997).
The proper procedure is for Rodriguez to petition the circuit court in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit for a writ of habeas corpus as he is incarcerated in the Charlotte Correctional Institution located in Punta Gorda, Florida. Pursuant to section 79.09, Florida Statutes (2016), only the circuit court within the county where an inmate is incarcerated has jurisdiction to consider a writ of habeas corpus. See Alachua Reg'l Juvenile Det. Ctr. v. T.O., 684 So.2d 814, 816 (Fla. 1996).
We therefore dismiss the appeal without prejudice to Rodriguez filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit.
Dismissed without prejudice.