*1 F IRST D ISTRICT C OURT OF A PPEAL S TATE OF F LORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D20-1527 _____________________________ J IMMY S TEPHENS ,

Petitioner,

v.

F LORIDA D EPARTMENT OF

C ORRECTIONS ,

Respondent.

_____________________________ Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.

September 22, 2021 P ER C URIAM .

The Court denies the petition for writ of certiorari on the merits. See Topps v. State , 865 So. 2d 1253, 1258 (Fla. 2004) (explaining that a decision on an extraordinary writ petition that “clearly shows that the issue was considered by the court on the merits” is deemed a decision “which would later bar the litigant from presenting the issue under the doctrines of res judicata or collateral estoppel”).

L EWIS , M AKAR , and B ILBREY , JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331 .

_____________________________ Jimmy Stephens, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Kristen J. Lonergan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

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