Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Respondent: ABRAM SUSTAITA
Judges: SUZANNE F. HOOD
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: May 21, 2008
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, July 25, 2008.
Latest Update: Jan. 08, 2025
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against ABRAM SUSTAITA ("Respondent"), and says: -
1, Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture
and interior design pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481,
Florida Statutes.
2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the
unlicensed practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455.227(1)(j), Florida
Statutes.
3. Respondent’s address of record is 2825 Wilcrest Drive, Suite 250, Houston, TX
77042.
4. On or about July 25, 2007, a final order was entered requiring the Respondent to
pay a $500.00 fine within thirty (30) days.
5. Respondent has failed to comply with the terms of the final order.
6. Section 481.225(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states in pertinent part that disciplinary
action may be taken for violating any provision of Section 455.227(1), Florida Statutes.
7. Section 455.227(1)(q), Florida Statutes, provides disciplinary action shail
be taken for failing to comply with a lawful order of the board.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing an
administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, assess costs associated with investigation and
prosecution, impose any or all penalties delineated within Section 455.227(2), Florida Statutes,
and/or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 481 and 455,
Florida Statutes, and/or the rules promulgated thereunder.
Signed this ute day of__Febrvar / , 2008.
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DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw & Manausa, P.A.
2075 Centre Pointe Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32308-4893
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: (850) 402-1570
cP: wan 28 2008 Fax: (850) 402-1508
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Docket for Case No: 08-002476
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Proceedings |
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Jul. 25, 2008 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jul. 22, 2008 |
Motion to Dismiss Formal Hearing filed.
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Jul. 14, 2008 |
Order Granting Motion to Compel and Denying Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction.
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Jul. 11, 2008 |
CASE STATUS: Motion Hearing Held. |
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Jun. 26, 2008 |
Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories and Requests for Production filed.
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Jun. 26, 2008 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction for Hearing Involving Disputed Issues of Material Fact filed.
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May 29, 2008 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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May 29, 2008 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for August 6, 2008; 10:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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May 27, 2008 |
Petitioner`s Response to Initial Order filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Initial Order.
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May 21, 2008 |
Petitioner`s First Request for Production filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Petitioner`s First Requests for Admission filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Notice of Filing Petitioner`s First Set of Interrogatories, First Requests for Production and Requests for Admission filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Election of Rights filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 21, 2008 |
Referral Letter filed.
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