Luis Eduardo Arango Botero v. Mevalys De La Caridad Penton Labacena

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed August 20, 2026.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D26-0142

Lower Tribunal No. 24-23429-FC-04

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Luis Eduardo Arango Botero, Appellant,

vs.

Mevalys De La Caridad Penton Labacena, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Veronica Diaz, Judge.

Luis Eduardo Arango Botero, in proper person.

Mevalys De La Caridad Penton Labacena, in proper person.

Before FERNANDEZ, LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See K.A. v. Sunshine Health Plans, Inc., 360 So. 3d 1247, 1247 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023) (“Appellant filed a timely appeal in this court. But his (amended) initial brief fails to identify or argue how the hearing officer committed legal error. Thus, any claim for error has been waived.” (citing V.T. v. Liberty Dental Plan of Fla., Inc., 338 So. 3d 989, 990 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022))); Doe v. Baptist Primary Care, Inc., 177 So. 3d 669, 673 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (“An appellant who presents no argument as to why a trial court’s ruling is incorrect on an issue has abandoned the issue.”).