Court Opinion

ID: 9907360
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Date Created: 2023-12-06 14:02:21.478677+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:02:21.515894
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D2022-3553
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D.A.N., a child,

    Appellant,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County.
Peter A. Mallory, Judge.

                         December 6, 2023

PER CURIAM.

     In this juvenile delinquency appeal, the Court issued an order
on April 13, 2023, directing Appellant to serve an initial brief or
file a response showing cause why the appeal should not be
dismissed for failure to timely serve the initial brief. No response
or initial brief was filed. The Court issued an order on May 25,
2023, again directing Appellant to serve an initial brief or file a
response showing cause why the appeal should not be dismissed
for failure to timely serve the initial brief. No response or initial
brief was filed. The Court then issued an order on August 17, 2023,
directing Appellant’s counsel, Jonathan W. Dingus, to show cause
why he should not be subject to sanctions, including an oral
reprimand and/or referral to The Florida Bar. Mr. Dingus filed a
response in which he apologized without any explanation of why
he failed to respond to the prior orders of this Court.
     Attorney Jonathan Dingus has failed to demonstrate why
sanctions should not be imposed against him. His disregard for the
rules and orders of this Court placed Appellant’s appeal in
jeopardy. Accordingly, the Court reprimands Mr. Dingus for
failure to comply with this Court’s orders and failure to pursue his
client’s matter before this Court. The Court directs the Clerk of
this Court to provide a copy of this opinion to The Florida Bar to
consider disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Dingus.

ROBERTS, KELSEY, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Jonathan Dingus, Panama City Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

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