BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Charlie Justice Susan Latvala Janet C. Long John Morroni Norm Roche
Karen Williams Seel Kenneth T. Welch
FILED
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April 10, Oii3.51GN OF
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
James L. Bennett County Attorney
Linzie F. Bogan, Administrative Law Judge Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building 1230 Apalachee Parkway
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3060
Re: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office vs. Kenneth Burroughs, Robert Harmer, Samuel Mitchem and Christopher Metro
DOAH Case Nos. 12-1846, 12-1847, 12-1848, 12-1849
Dear Judge Bogan:
Pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 120.57(1)(m), please find enclosed a copy of the signed Final Order rendered by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Civil Service Board in the above referenced matter.
Sincerely,
Senior Assistant County Attorney
CS/cad Enclosure
cc: Tracy K. Jaensch, Esquire Shannon Rose Kennedy, Esquire Robert F. McKee, Esquire Steven G. Wenzel, Esquire Matthew F. Fenton, Esquire
Members of the Sheriff's Civil Service Board _(via email)
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PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO:
315 Court Street
Clearwater, Florida 33756
Phone: (727) 464-3354
FAX: (727) 464-4147
TDD: (727) 464-4431
Website: www.pinellascounty.org
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PINELLAS ccltnt.r1:.. RJFF'S OFFICE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
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PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'ff bFFYCE, 1 1 L
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vs.
Petitioner,
ADMINISTRATiVE HEARINGS
DOAH Case Nos. 12-1846, 12-1847, 12-1848, 12-1849
KENNETH BURROUGHS, ROBERT HARMER, SAMUEL MITCHEM and CHRISTOPHER METRO,
Respondents.
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FINAL ORDER
WHEREAS, Respondents appealed their tenninations to the Pinellas County Sheriffs Civil Service Board (the "Board"); and
WHEREAS, those appeals were transmitted to the Department of Administrative Hearings Administrative Law Judge for evidentiary hearing and recommended order; and
WHEREAS, during the appeal Petitioner, Pinellas County Sheriffs Office, filed a Motion in Limine seeking to bar Respondents from introducing evidence of alleged comparators who Petitioner argued were not similar to Respondents and seeking a finding that no genuine issue of material fact exists; and
: WHEREAS, the Administrative Law Judge, after hearing argument from the parties, isstied an order (attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference) granting such Motion in Limine concluding that there no longer exists in the proceeding a dispute of material fact, closing
its files on the appeals, and relinquishing jurisdiction to the Board; and
WHEREAS, Petitioner filed a Notice of Filing Hearing Transcript and Order of the Administrative Law Judge for the Disposition of Appeals to Sustain Terminations of Respondents requesting this Board take final agency action to accept the Administrative Law Judge's disposition of the appeals; and
WHEREAS, Respondents have advised counsel for the Board that they have no objection to Petitioner's request or the Board's acceptance of the Administrative Law Judge's recominendation disposing of the appeals, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.E of the Board's Rules of Procedure, where no party files exceptions to a recommended order, the Chairperson shall be authorized to adopt the Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Order as the Board's final order.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Chairperson enters this, the Board's Final Order, adopting the Administrative Law Judge's March 11, 2013 Order as its Final Order in this cause in its entirety and dismissing the appeals of Kenneth Burroughs, Robert Harmer, Samuel Mitchem and Christopher Metro,
1T IS SO ORDERED this _ ...:..-r.!.!.11 day of_;c..ft-=.-.,.?C-..,;_l'f..L...;_.J_<_, 2013.
Lt Col. Neal A. White, Chairman
Pinellas County Sheriffs Civi,l Service Board
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the above Final Order has been furnished by U.S. Regular Mail to:
Tracey K. Jaensch, Esquire Bradley R. Hall, Esquire Ford & Harrison, LLP
IO1 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 900 Tampa, FL 33602
RobertF. McKee, Esquire Kelley & McKee, P.A.
1718 East 7th Avenue, Suite 311
Tampa, FL 33602
this tofAday of April, 2013.
Sharron Rose Kennedy, Esquire Pinellas County Sheriffs Office 10750 U1merton Road
Largo, FL
Steven G. Wenzel, Esquire Wenzel, Fenton, Cabassa, P.A. 1110 North Florida Avenue Tampa, FL 33602
Copy to:
Members of the Sheriffs Civil Service Board Linzie F. Bogan, Administrative Law Judge
Senior Assistant County Attorney 315 Court Street, 6th Floor Clearwater, FL 33756
Phone: 727-464-3354/Fax: 727-464-4147
Attorney for Sheriffs Civil Service Board
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STATE OF FLORIDA
'DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S )
OFFICE, )
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Petitioner, )
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vs. ) Case No. 12-1846
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KENNETH BURROUGHS, )
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PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S )
OFFICE, )
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Petitioner, )
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vs. ) Case No. 12-1847
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ROBERT HARMER, )
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PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S )
OFFICE, )
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Petitioner, )
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vs. ) Case No. 12-1848
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CHRISTOPHER METRO, . )
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Respondent. )
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PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
Petitioner,
vs.
SAMUEL MITCHEM,
Respondent.
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ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER1 S MOTION IN LIMINE,
CLOSING FILES AND RELINQUISH.ING JtlRISDIGTJ;ON
This cause having come before the t.mdersigned on Petitioner's Motion in Limine, and the undersigned being fully advised, it is, there·fore,
ORDERED that:
Petitioner's Motion in Limine is GRANTED.
The final hearing scheduled for March 12 and 13, 2013, is canceled.
0pon review of the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and a<;l.m;i.ssions on file, the undersigned has determined that there no longer ex-ist.s in. this proceeding a ' di$pute of material fact.. Accordingly, the files of the
Division of ·Administrative HearinrJS ar,e closed. · Jurisdiction is
relinquished to the Pin.ells.is County Sheriff's Civil se:rvice Board.
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DONE AND ORDERED -this 11th day of March, 2013, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
LINZIE F. BOGAN
Administrative Law Judge
Division of Administrative Hearings
The DeSoto Building
123.0 .Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3060 (850) 488-9675
Fax Filing {850) 921-6847
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Fiied with the Clerk of the Division of Administrative Hearings this 11th day of March,. 2013,
COPigs FURNISHED:
Steven Gregory Wenzel, Esquire Wenzel, Fenton, Cabassa, P.A. Suite 300
1110 North Florida Avenue Tampa, Florida 33602· swenzel@wfclaw.com
Tracey K. Jaensch, Esquire Ford and Harrison, LLP Suite 900
101 East Kennedy Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33602 tjaensch@fordharrison.com
Robert F. McKee, Esquire Kelly and McKee·
Post Office Box 75638 Tampa, Florida 3 675 bdj@kellyandmckee.com
Matthew K. Fenton, Esquire Wenzel, Fenton, and Cabassa, P.A.
Suite 300
lllO Nort Florida Avenue Tampa, Florida 33602 mfenton@wfclaw.com.
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| Issue Date | Document | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Apr. 09, 2013 | Agency Final Order |
