Andrew D. Bertine, Appellant, v. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Appellee. (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

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

No. 1D2023-2360

Decided: April 10, 2024

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.

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).

Per Curiam.

Kelsey, M.K. Thomas, and Long, JJ., concur.

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