LaSalla v. Pools by George of Pinellas County, Inc.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Daniel LaSalla has filed a petition seeking the issuance of a common law writ of certiorari to quash the circuit court’s order denying certiorari relief. The circuit court reviewed an order entered by a county court. Thus, this is a second-tier certiora-ri proceeding. We deny the petition and write primarily to explain that, for purposes of the concept of subject matter jurisdiction, a county court that applies the Florida Small Claims Rules in a particular proceeding is not a separate court from a county court that applies the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. This is true…