
    Gary Mitchell NOWLIN, Appellant, v. Leo A. THOMAS, Appellee.
    No. 1D98-4054.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Jan. 31, 2000.
    Gary Mitchell Nowlin, pro se.
    Leo A. Thomas of Levin, Middlebrooks, Thomas, Mitchell, Green, Echsner, Proctor and Papantonio, P.A., Pensacola, for Ap-pellee.
   PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court s order dismissing Nowlin’s complaint for legal malpractice, but do so without prejudice to Nowlin filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court, following the procedure outlined in Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999).

AFFIRMED.

ERVIN and JOANOS, JJ., and SMITH, LARRY G., Senior Judge, CONCUR.  