Atwater v. Citibank, F.S.B., Inc.

Jeffrey H. Atwater, Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida (“Chief Financial Officer”) petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition directed to the circuit court to prevent it from enforcing an order to show cause issued for the Chief Financial Officer to appear before the circuit court, and to prevent disbursement of funds being held in the Treasury of the State of Florida as unclaimed property by the Department of Financial Services (“the Department”). Further, the Chief Financial Officer petitions to prohibit the lower court from enforcing its order directing the Chief Financial…