Toth v. South Florida Water Management District

Toth, the chief environmental scientist of the Kissimmee division of the District, was given a written reprimand in September, 2003, and demoted and transferred to a different geographical region. He filed a petition for administrative hearing challenging this agency action, but it was dismissed because, as an at-will employee, he had no standing. We affirm.

In order to obtain review of the action of an administrative agency, a person’s “substantial interests” must have been determined. § 120.52(12)(a) and § 120.57(l)(e)l, Fla. Stat. (2003). The District dismissed Toth’s petition because he…