Yeary v. Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit
The First DCA dismissed the certiorari petition, holding that common-law certiorari does not lie to review an administrative order that is quasi-legislative rather than judicial or quasi-judicial in character. Tracing the historical function of the writ, the court held that a chief judge's administrative order issued under Rule 2.215, which prescribes a general prospective policy without adjudicating any dispute, is not subject to certiorari review, and that the 2025 amendment to Rule 2.215(e)(2) identifies procedural vehicles but cannot expand the constitutionally-fixed subject matter jurisdiction of the district courts.
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