Decker v. University of West Florida

Daniel Decker, a student at the University of West Florida, seeks judicial review of an administrative order imposing disciplinary sanctions against him for a violation of the university’s Academic Misconduct Code. We conclude that the order is not appealable to this court, because the university was not acting as an agency as defined in the Florida Administrative Procedure Act when it rendered the decision. The proper remedy is to seek review by certiorari to the circuit court. Because the notice of appeal was timely and otherwise sufficient to invoke appellate jurisdiction, we transfer the…