Case Name: DRAK, L.L.C., Petitioner, v. SALCINES DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-02-11
Citations: 5 So. 3d 713
Docket Number: No. 3D08-3027
Parties: DRAK, L.L.C., Petitioner, v. SALCINES DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., Respondents.
Judges: Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 5
Pages: 713–713

Head Matter:
DRAK, L.L.C., Petitioner, v. SALCINES DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al., Respondents.
No. 3D08-3027.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 11, 2009.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 14, 2009.
Frederick Charles Sake, Miami Beach, for petitioner.
Garcia & Associates P.L. and Rene Jul-ián Garcia, Jr., for respondents.
Before WELLS and SHEPHERD, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We grant the petition for writ of prohibition and remand with instructions that the trial court vacate the November 3, 2008 order granting Porry and Alegre's motion for rehearing and reconsideration. The trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain a motion for rehearing of its October 16, 2008 order denying Porry and Alegre's motion to set aside default final judgment. See Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.540(b); Catalano v. Catalano, 516 So.2d 77, 77 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987) (stating that motions for rehearing of orders issued under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540(b) are not authorized); Francisco v. Victoria Marine Shipping, 486 So.2d 1386 (Fla. 3d DCA 1986) (stating that an order entered under Rule 1.540 does not "rise to the level of a judgment" and, therefore, a trial court lacks authority to entertain a motion for rehearing from such order).
Petition granted.