Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Respondent: LYNN N. JOURNIGAN, JR.
Judges: LAWRENCE P. STEVENSON
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Naples, Florida
Filed: May 02, 2003
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, June 20, 2003.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
- * STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIOW:
DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGE
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Petitioner,
VS. Case No. 2003002612
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LYNN N. JOURNIGAN, JR. © bI7PC
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel
Wagering (Division), files this Administrative Complaint against Lynn N. Journigan, Jr.
(Respondent), and alleges as follows:
1. The Division is the state agency charged with regulating pari-mutuel
wagering, pursuant to Chapter 550, Florida Statutes.
2. At all times material hereto, Respondent held a pari-mutuel wagering
occupational license, number 1202505-1021, issued by the Division.
3. Rule 61D-6,002(1), Florida Administrative Code, provides, "[t]he trainer
of record shall be responsible for and be the absolute insurer of the condition of the
racing greyhounds, he/she enters to race."
4. Respondent was the trainer of record of a racing greyhound named “ICU
Brat” on January 14, 2003.
5. On January 14, 2003, “ICU Brat” was entered in the eleventh race of the
evening performance at the Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track.
6. Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track, Inc., is a facility authorized to
conduct pari-mutuel wagering in this state.
7. “ICU Brat” finished second in the eleventh race of the evening
performance at the Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track on January 14, 2003.
8. “ICU Brat” was immediately thereafter sent to a Division
employee for the taking of a urine sample.
9. Urine sample number 947973 was collected from “ICU Brat” and
was processed in accordance with established procedures and forwarded to the University
of Florida Racing Laboratory for analysis. .
10. The University of Florida Racing Laboratory tested urine sample number
947973, and found it to contain Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of Cocaine, and/or a
derivative thereof.
11. Cocaine is a topical anesthetic and a Class 1 drug under the Uniform
Classification Guidelines for Foreign Substances, as promulgated by the Association of
Racing Commissioners International.
12. Section 550.2415(1)(c), Florida Statutes, states “[t]he finding ofa
prohibited substance in a race-day specimen constitutes prima facie evidence that the
substance was administered and was carried in the body of the animal while participating
in the race.”
13. Cocaine, and/or derivatives thereof, are impermissible substances
that were carried in the body of “ICU Brat” while participating in the eleventh race of the
evening performance at the Naples-Ft. Myers Greyhound Track, January 14, 2003.
14. Based on the foregoing, Respondent has violated Section 550.2415(1)(a),
Florida Statutes, which provides, "[t]he racing of an animal with any drug, medication,
stimulant, depressant, hypnotic, local anesthetic, or drug-masking agent is prohibited. It
is a violation of this section for a person to administer or cause to be administered any
drug, medication, stimulant, depressant, hypnotic, narcotic, local anesthetic, or drug-
masking agent to an animal which will result in a positive test for such substance based
on samples taken from the animal immediately prior to or immediately after the racing of
that animal."
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Division enter an Order
imposing one or more of the following penalties as specified in Section 550.2415(3){a),
Florida Statutes: revoke or suspend the license or permit of the violator or deny a license
or permit to the violator; impose a fine against the violator in an amount not exceeding
$5,000; require the full or partial return of the purse, sweepstakes, and trophy of the race
at issue; or impose against the violator any combination of such penalties.
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Signed this Z ‘ day of Hoe [ , 2003,
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papa oT uy CLERK JosephM. Helton, Jr.
Chief Attorney
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Northwood Centre
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202
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Docket for Case No: 03-001617PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jun. 20, 2003 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jun. 18, 2003 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction (filed by Petitioner via facsimile).
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Jun. 10, 2003 |
Notice of Filing Amended Witness List (filed by Petitioner via facsimile).
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Jun. 06, 2003 |
Notice of Filing Witness List (filed by Petitioner via facsimile).
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May 15, 2003 |
Notice of Hearing issued (hearing set for June 19, 2003; 9:00 a.m.; Naples, FL).
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May 15, 2003 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions issued.
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May 09, 2003 |
Department of Business and Professional Regulation`s Response to Initial Order (filed via facsimile).
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May 02, 2003 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 02, 2003 |
Election of Rights filed.
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May 02, 2003 |
Agency referral filed.
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May 02, 2003 |
Initial Order issued.
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