DATTO v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS (2019)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Jeffrey P. DATTO, Ph.D., Appellant, v. FLORIDA COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS, Appellee.

Nos. 3D18-1458 & 3D18-1231

Decided: November 20, 2019

Before EMAS, C.J., and MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ.

Jeffrey P. Datto, Ph.D., in proper person. Radhika Puri (Tallahassee), Senior Attorney, for appellee.

Affirmed. See § 760.06(5), Fla. Stat. (2019) (“[T]he [Florida C]ommission [on Human Relations] shall have the ․ power[ ] ․ [to] act upon complaints alleging any discriminatory practice, as defined by the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992.¹ ”); § 760.08, Fla. Stat. (2019) (“All persons are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation without discrimination.”); Okposio v. Barry Univ., 252 So. 3d 1290, 1291 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (finding that a university is not a public accommodation “under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992”).

FOOTNOTES

1. “Sections 760.01-760.11 and 509.092 shall be cited as the ‘Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992.’ ” § 760.01(1), Fla. Stat. (2019).

PER CURIAM.

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