Legal Opinion
Couchman v. University of Central Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 5, 2012No. 5D11-3456PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO DISMISS OR TRANSFER FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION EN BANC
EVANDER, J.
The University of Central Florida (UCF) has filed a Motion to Dismiss or Transfer for Lack of Jurisdiction an appeal filed by UCF student Paul Couchman. Couchman is seeking review of UCF’s decision to impose certain disciplinary sanctions against him. The underlying issue is whether UCF is an administrative body subject to Florida’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when, in purported compliance with rules and regulations adopted by UCF’s Board of Trustees, it takes disciplinary action against a student for alleged…
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