
    Earl DEMPSEY, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.
    No. 1D00-1046.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    May 15, 2000.
    Earl Dempsey, petitioner, pro se.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal is denied without prejudice to petitioner’s right to seek relief in the trial court by motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.540. See, Brown v. State, 708 So.2d 1041 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998); Snelson v. Snelson, 440 So.2d 477 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

BOOTH, ALLEN and BENTON, JJ„ concur.  