Case Name: Cecil ROLLE, Appellant, v. COLD STONE CREAMERY, INC., the Kahala Corp., the NIACCF, Inc., Robert Zarco, Esq., Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A., Daniel Beem, Rodolfo Puig, Frank Caperino, and Edward Reesman, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-11-28
Citations: 102 So. 3d 684
Docket Number: No. 1D12-2112
Parties: Cecil ROLLE, Appellant, v. COLD STONE CREAMERY, INC., the Kahala Corp., the NIACCF, Inc., Robert Zarco, Esq., Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A., Daniel Beem, Rodolfo Puig, Frank Caperino, and Edward Reesman, Appellees.
Judges: PADOVANO, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 102
Pages: 684–685

Head Matter:
Cecil ROLLE, Appellant, v. COLD STONE CREAMERY, INC., the Kahala Corp., the NIACCF, Inc., Robert Zarco, Esq., Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A., Daniel Beem, Rodolfo Puig, Frank Caperino, and Edward Reesman, Appellees.
No. 1D12-2112.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 28, 2012.
Jonathan P. Stevens, Gainesville, for Appellant.
Caryn L. Bellus and Bretton C. Albrecht of Kubicki Draper, Miami, for Appellees Cold Stone Creamery, Inc., The Kahala Corp., and Daniel Beem; Robert M. Ein-horn and Leon F. Hirzel of Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A., Miami, for Appel-lees Robert Zarco, Zarco Einhorn Salkow-ski & Brito, P.A., Rodolfo Puig, Frank Caperino, and Edward Reesman.
No appearance for Appellee NIACCF, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The Appellant, Cecil Rolle, challenges the trial court's order transferring venue from Alachua County to Miami-Dade County. We affirm.
The Appellees filed a motion to transfer venue, with an affidavit attached, that showed appellant's choice of venue in Ala-chua County to have been incorrect. Appellant filed an affidavit that failed to meet his burden of showing that venue was properly in Alachua County. See Tropicana Products, Inc. v. Shirley, 501 So.2d 1373, 1375 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). While the affidavit states that the affiant read the article at issue on the Internet in Alachua County (along with the allegedly defamatory letter of legal counsel dated December 23, 2010), it fails to specify when this was done; the absence of any timeframe in the affidavit makes it ineffective as a basis for establishing venue in Alachua County.
AFFIRMED.
PADOVANO, RAY, and MAKAR, JJ., concur.