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Kunselman v. Offices of Governor

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sep 28, 2022
351 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 1D20-1003

09-28-2022

Hugh KUNSELMAN, Appellant, v. OFFICES OF GOVERNOR, and State of Florida, et al., Appellees.

Hugh Kunselman, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Kristen J. Lonergan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellees.


Hugh Kunselman, pro se, Appellant.

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

Long, J.

Appellant, a prisoner, argues the trial court erred in interpreting his pleading as a postconviction motion and transferring it to the court with jurisdiction over Appellant's criminal case. Appellant further argues his pleading was not a collateral criminal proceeding but was instead an attempt at a civil action to represent other prisoners. We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal because a nonfinal order transferring a postconviction motion to the proper jurisdiction "concern[s] venue." Fla. R. App. P. 9.130(a)(3)(A) ; Myrick v. Inch , 303 So. 3d 269 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020).

"In appellate proceedings the decision of a trial court has the presumption of correctness and the burden is on the appellant to demonstrate error." Applegate v. Barnett Bank of Tallahassee , 377 So. 2d 1150, 1152 (Fla. 1979). Appellant's filing below was confusing and did not state any proper cause of action—criminal or civil. It was a compilation of various statements without any substance. We cannot say the trial court reversibly erred in its construction of the pleading, and so Appellant has not carried his burden on appeal.

AFFIRMED .

Ray and Nordby, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Kunselman v. Offices of Governor

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sep 28, 2022
351 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)
Case details for

Kunselman v. Offices of Governor

Case Details

Full title:Hugh KUNSELMAN, Appellant, v. OFFICES OF GOVERNOR, and State of Florida…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Sep 28, 2022

Citations

351 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)