Sallano v. Miami-Dade County

Full title: JOHN F. SALLANO, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 8, 2002

816 So. 2d 208 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

No. 3D01-1675.

May 8, 2002.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Michael B. Chavies, Judge.

John F. Sallano, in proper person.

Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, Thomas A. Tucker Ronzetti and Warren F.X. Smith, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See § 57.085(2), Fla. Stat. (2000); Urrutia v. Harrisburg County Police Dep't, 91 F.3d 451, 458 n. 13 (3d Cir.1996) (under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, merely "submitting an in forma pauperis complaint to the clerk does not result in commencement of the litigation and satisfaction of the statute of limitations."); Reed v. Mims, 711 So.2d 169, 171 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) ("It is evident that [§ 57.085] is patterned after similarly worded 28 U.S.C. § 1915.")