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CHESTNUT HILL TREE FARM, LLC vs DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF COMPASSIONATE USE AND SAN FELASCO NURSERIES, INC., 15-007276 (2015)

Court: Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida Number: 15-007276 Visitors: 48
Petitioner: CHESTNUT HILL TREE FARM, LLC
Respondent: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF COMPASSIONATE USE AND SAN FELASCO NURSERIES, INC.
Judges: R. BRUCE MCKIBBEN
Agency: Department of Health
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Dec. 18, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, May 2, 2016.

Latest Update: Jun. 27, 2016
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STATE OF FLORIDA

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH


CHESTNUT HILL TREE FARM, LLC,


Petitioner,

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vs. DOH Case No. 2015-0690

DOAH Case No. 15-7276

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF COMPASSIONATE USE and SAN FELASCO NURSER IES, INC.,


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FINAL ORDER


THIS MATTER is before the Department of Health for consideration of an Amended Recommended Order and entry of a Final Order. On May 10, 2016, Administrative Law Judge Bruce McKibben issued an Amended Recommended Order dismissing the Petition for Formal Hearing filed by Petitioner Chestnut Hill Tree Farm and relinquishing jurisdiction to the Department of Health . The Amended Recommended Order is adopted and incorporated by reference as Exhibit A.

No exceptions were timely filed by any party pursuant to section 120.57(1)(k), Florida Statutes.

Based on the foregoing, it is ORDERED:


The Petition for Formal Administrative Proceedings filed by Petitioner Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC, is dismissed. This proceeding is closed.


Filed June 27, 2016 1:29 PM Division of Administrative Hearings

DONE AND ORDERED this 1,_;1-- day of June, 2016, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.

Celeste M. Phili , MD, MPH State Su

Florida Health


By: ':::::::==::::::           .!..  

Alexis Lambert

Chief of Staff

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Copies furnished to:


John M. Lockwood, Esquire The Lockwood Law Firm

106 East College Avenue, Suite 810

Tallahassee, Florida 32301


Kala Shankle, Esquire The Lockwood Law Firm

106 East College Avenue, Suite 810

Tallahassee, Florida 32301


James A. McKee, Equire Foley and Lardner, LLP

106 East College Avenue , Suite 900 Ta llahassee, Florida 32301


J. Stephen Menton, Esquire Rutledge Ecenia, P.A.

Post Office Box 551 (32302)

119 South Monroe Street, Suite 202 Tallahassee , Florida 32301


R. Bruce McKibben Administrative Law Judge

Division of Administrative Hearings The DeSoto Building

1230 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee , Florida 32399-3060


Thomas J. Morton, Esquire The Lockwood Law Firm

106 East College Avenue, Suite 810

Tallahassee, Florida 32301


Megan S. Reynolds, Esquire

Vezina, Lawrence and Piscitelli, P.A. 413 East Park Avenue

Tallahassee, Florida 32301


Eduardo S. Lombard, Esquire Vezina, Lawrence and Piscitelli, P.A. 413 East Park Avenue

Tallahassee, Florida 32301


Michael J. Glazer, Esquire Ausley and McMullen 123 South Calhoun Street Post Office Box 391

Tallahassee, Florida 32301



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Order has been sent by electronic mail and regular U.S. mail and/or by inter-office mail to each of the

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above-named persons this day of June 2016.


Agency Clerk Department of Health

4052 Bald Cypress Way, BIN A-02 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1703


NOTICE OF RIGHT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW


A PARTY ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THIS ORDER IS ENTITLED TO JUDICIAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 120.68, FLORIDA STATUTES. REVIEW PROCEEDINGS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FLORIDA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE. A REVIEW PROCEEDING IS INITIATED BY FILING A NOTICE OF APPEAL WITH THE CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND A COPY ACCOMPANIED BY THE FILING FEE WITH THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL IN THE APPELLATE DISTRICT WHERE THE PARTY RESIDES OR IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL. THE NOTICE OF APPEAL MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE FILING DATE OF THIS ORDER.


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Docket for Case No: 15-007276
Issue Date Proceedings
Jun. 27, 2016 Agency Final Order filed.
Jun. 27, 2016 Agency Final Order filed.
May 10, 2016 Amended Order Granting Dismissal of Parties, Relinquishing Jurisdiction, and Amendment of Remaining Petition.
May 10, 2016 Response of San Felasco and Chestnut Hill to Motion for Clarification filed.
May 06, 2016 The Department's Request for Clarification and Order Relinquishing Jurisdiction filed.
May 06, 2016 The Department's Request for Clarification and Order Relinquishing Jurisdiction (filed in Case No. 15-007276).
May 02, 2016 Order Granting Dismissal of Parties and Amendment of Remaining Petition. CASE CLOSED.
Apr. 29, 2016 Notice of Service of Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc.'s Responses and Objections to San Felasco Nurseries, Inc.'s First Set of Interrogatories and First Request to Produce filed.
Apr. 28, 2016 Order Granting the Department's Motion for Extension of Time to File Response.
Apr. 27, 2016 The Department?s Response to Chestnut Hill?s Motion for Protective Order and to Stay Discovery filed.
Apr. 27, 2016 The Department?s Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Chestnut Hill?s Motion to Dismiss and/or Motion for Summary Recommended Order filed.
Apr. 27, 2016 Loop's Response and Objections to Chestnut Hill Motion for Protective Order and Motion to Stay Discovery filed.
Apr. 25, 2016 Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time to Reply to Motion to Dismiss.
Apr. 22, 2016 Unopposed Motion for One Week Enlargement of Time to Respond to Chestnut Hill's Motion for Summary Recommended Order and/or to Dismiss filed.
Apr. 20, 2016 Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Motion to Dismiss and/or Motion for Summary Recommended Order filed.
Apr. 20, 2016 San Felasco Nurseries, Inc.?s Notice of Joinder in Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC?s Motion for Protective Order and Motion to Stay Discovery (filed in Case No. 15-007274).
Apr. 20, 2016 Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Motion for Protective Order and Motion to Stay Discovery filed.
Apr. 20, 2016 San Felasco Nurseries, Inc.?s Objections to First Request for Production of Documents from Loop?s Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc (filed in Case No. 15-007274).
Apr. 20, 2016 San Felasco Nurseries, Inc.?s Notice of Service of Objections to First Set of Interrogatories from Loop?s Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc (filed in Case No. 15-007274).
Apr. 08, 2016 LOOP?S NURSERY & GREENHOUSES, INC.?s NOTICE OF SERVICE OF FIRST INTERROGATORIES AND FIRST REQUEST TO PRODUCE TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH filed.
Mar. 23, 2016 San Felasco's Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories to Loop's Nursery and Greenhouses, Inc filed.
Mar. 23, 2016 San Felasco's First Set of Production Requests to Loop's Nursery and Greenhouses, Inc filed.
Mar. 16, 2016 Loop's Nursery & Greenhouse, Inc.'s Notice of Service of First Interrogatories and First Request to Produce to San Felasco Nurseries, Inc. filed.
Mar. 16, 2016 Loop's Nursery & Greenhouse, Inc.'s Notice of Service of First Interrogatories and First Request to Produce to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC filed.
Mar. 11, 2016 The Department's Responses to San Felasco's First Request for Production filed.
Mar. 04, 2016 Order Denying Motion to Bifurcate Proceeding.
Mar. 04, 2016 The Department?s Memorandum Opposing Motion to Bifurcate filed.
Mar. 01, 2016 Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Response in Opposition to Motion to Bifurcate Proceeding to Determine Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Ineligibility to Seek Approval as a Dispensing Organization for Failure to Satisfy Dispositive Threshold Statutory Eligibility Criterion filed.
Mar. 01, 2016 Order Granting Extension of Time.
Mar. 01, 2016 The Department?s Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Loop?s Motion to Bifurcate filed.
Feb. 23, 2016 Motion to Bifurcate Proceeding to Determine Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Ineligibility to Seek Approval as a Dispensing Organization for Failure to Satisfy Dispositive Threshold Statutory Eligibility Criterion filed.
Feb. 15, 2016 Notice of Appearance (Kelly Johnson) filed.
Feb. 15, 2016 Notice of Appearance (Amy Schrader) filed.
Feb. 12, 2016 San Felasco's First Set of Production Requests to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC filed.
Feb. 12, 2016 San Felasco's Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC filed.
Feb. 10, 2016 San Felasco's First Set of Production Requests to Respondent, Department of Health, Office of Compassionate Use filed.
Jan. 27, 2016 Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
Jan. 27, 2016 Order of Clarificaton Concerning Standard of Review.
Jan. 25, 2016 San Felasco's Response to Motion for Clarification filed.
Jan. 25, 2016 Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc.'s Response to Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, Inc.'s Motion for Clarification Concerning Standard of Review filed.
Jan. 22, 2016 The Department's Notice of Joinder in Chestnut Hill's Motion for Clarification Concerning Standard of Review and Memorandum of Law filed.
Jan. 21, 2016 Order Granting Enlargement of Time.
Jan. 20, 2016 Loop's Nursery & Greenhouses, Inc. Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Time to File and Serve Response to Motion for Clarification Concerning Standard of Review filed.
Jan. 15, 2016 Motion for Clarification Concerning Standard of Review and Memorandum of Law filed.
Jan. 13, 2016 Notice to the Division's Clerk and All Counsel of Record filed.
Jan. 06, 2016 Notice of Hearing (hearing set for July 5 through 8, 11 through 15, 18 through 22 and 25 through 29, 2016; 9:00 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
Jan. 05, 2016 CASE STATUS: Pre-Hearing Conference Held.
Jan. 05, 2016 Notice of Telephonic Pre-hearing Conference (set for January 5, 2016; 9:00 a.m.).
Jan. 04, 2016 Order of Consolidation (DOAH Case Nos. 15-7268, 15-7274, and 15-7276).
Dec. 30, 2015 Notice of Transfer.
Dec. 29, 2015 Response to Initial Order and Request for Case Management Conference filed.
Dec. 23, 2015 Notice of Appearance (Megan Reynolds) filed.
Dec. 22, 2015 Initial Order.
Dec. 18, 2015 Chestnut Hill Tree Farm, LLC's Counter-Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
Dec. 18, 2015 Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
Dec. 18, 2015 Amended Notice (of Agency referral) filed.
Dec. 18, 2015 Notice of Denial of Application filed.

Orders for Case No: 15-007276
Issue Date Document Summary
Jun. 27, 2016 Agency Final Order
Jun. 27, 2016 Agency Final Order
Source:  Florida - Division of Administrative Hearings

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