SPRADLEY v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Glenn SPRADLEY, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.

No. 3D19-1762

Decided: February 19, 2020

Before LINDSEY, HENDON, and MILLER, JJ.

Glenn Spradley, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Kelly R. Forren (Tallahassee), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Fla. Public Serv. Comm'n v. Triple “A” Enter., Inc., 387 So. 2d 940, 942 (Fla. 1980) (“Absent waiver or exception in civil actions brought against the state, its agencies or subdivisions, venue properly lies in the county of its principal headquarters.”) (citing Carlile v. Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm'n, 354 So. 2d 362 (Fla. 1977); Smith v. Williams, 160 Fla. 580, 35 So. 2d 844 (1948)); Dep't of Corr. v. Ross, 680 So. 2d 622, 622 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) (The home venue “privilege provides that in civil actions brought against the state or one of its agencies or subdivisions venue lies in the county where the state agency or subdivision maintains its principal headquarters.”) (citation omitted).

PER CURIAM.

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