Bertine v. Fla. Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm'n

Full title: Andrew D. Bertine, Appellant, v. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation…

Court: Florida Court of Appeals, First District

Date published: Apr 10, 2024

No. 1D2023-2360 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Apr. 10, 2024)

Opinion

1D2023-2360

04-10-2024

Andrew D. Bertine, Appellant, v. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Appellee.

Kenneth G. Oertel of Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant &Atkinson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant. Daniel Shubeck, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

On appeal from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Roger A. Young, Executive Director.

Kenneth G. Oertel of Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant &Atkinson, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Daniel Shubeck, Assistant General Counsel, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Thompson v. Dep't of Pro. Regul., 488 So.2d 103, 105-06 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986) (approving informal administrative hearing where matters raised by licensee were "merely in mitigation of the charges" and not disputing facts that agency alleged); Cohen v. Dep't of Pro. Regul., 407 So.2d 621, 622 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981) (distinguishing between mitigation and factual disputes on merits of administrative complaint).

KELSEY, M.K. THOMAS, and LONG, JJ, concur