Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
Respondent: CHRISTOPHER SADLER LEE
Judges: ROBERT E. MEALE
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Jan. 28, 2019
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
Latest Update: Apr. 22, 2025
FILED
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Deputy Agency Clerk
CLERK Evetle Lawson-Proctor
Date 8/27/2018
STATE OF FLORIDA File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING,
Petitioner,
v. DBPR Case No. 2018-043509
CHRISTOPHER SADLER LEE,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Pari-Mutuel
Wagering (“Petitioner”) files this Administrative Complaint against Christopher Sadler Lee
(“Respondent”) and alleges:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating pari-mutuel wagering
pursuant to Chapter 550, Florida Statutes.
pss Respondent’s address of record is 1330 W. Avenue, Apt. 805, Miami Beach,
Florida 33139.
3. Hialeah Park is a licensed pari-mutuel facility and cardroom in the State of
Florida.
4. On or about July 25, 2018, Respondent was issued a trespass warning and
permanent exclusion from its facility by Hialeah Park.
5; Section 550.0251(6), Florida Statutes, provides in relevant part that:
[i]Jn addition to the power to exclude certain persons from any pari-mutuel facility
in the state, the division may exclude any person from any and all pari-mutuel
facilities in this state for conduct that would constitute, if the person were a
licensee, a violation of this chapter or the rules of the division. The division may
exclude from any pari-mutuel facility within this state any person who has been
ejected from a pari-mutuel facility in this state or who has been excluded from
any pari-mutuel facility in another state by the governmental department, agency,
commission, or authority exercising regulatory jurisdiction over pari-mutuel
facilities in such other state.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Division enter an Order permanently
excluding Respondent from all licensed pari-mutuel facilities in the state of Florida.
Signed this 27th day of August, 2018.
/s/ Charles Dewrell /s/ Louis Trombetta
CHARLES DEWRELL LOUIS TROMBETTA
Deputy Chief Attorney Chief Attorney
Florida Bar No. 0102579 Florida Bar No. 0108119
Charles. Dewrell@MyFloridaLicense.com Louis. Trombetta@MyF loridaLicense.com
Office of the General Counsel
Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
2601 Blair Stone Road, Mail Stop N21
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2202
Telephone: (850)-717-1585
Facsimile: (850) 921-1311
NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO REQUEST A HEARING
Pursuant to Section 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, you have the right to request a
hearing to challenge the charges contained in this Administrative Complaint. If you choose to
request a hearing, you will have the right to be represented by counsel, or other qualified
representative, to present evidence and argument, to call and cross-examine witnesses, and to
have subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum issued on your behalf.
Any request for an administrative proceeding to challenge or contest the charges
contained in this Administrative Complaint must conform to Rule 28-106.2015, Florida
Administrative Code. Pursuant to Rule 28-106.111, Florida Administrative Code, you must
request a hearing within 21 days from receipt of this Notice, or you will waive your right to
request a hearing.
Docket for Case No: 19-000500
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Mar. 07, 2019 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Mar. 06, 2019 |
Petitioner's Unopposed Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Feb. 06, 2019 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for March 15, 2019; 9:00 a.m.; Miami and Tallahassee, FL).
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Feb. 05, 2019 |
Petitioner's Unilateral Response to Initial Order filed.
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Jan. 29, 2019 |
Petitioner's Notice of Serving Its First Interlocking Discovery Request filed.
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Jan. 29, 2019 |
Petitioner's First Interlocking Discovery Request filed.
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Jan. 29, 2019 |
Initial Order.
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Jan. 28, 2019 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Jan. 28, 2019 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jan. 28, 2019 |
Agency referral filed.
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