Case Name: Thirumalaiswamy CHETTIAR, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-06-08
Citations: 619 So. 2d 28
Docket Number: No. 92-1991
Parties: Thirumalaiswamy CHETTIAR, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 619
Pages: 28–29

Head Matter:
Thirumalaiswamy CHETTIAR, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, Appellee.
No. 92-1991.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 8, 1993.
Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel & Raben and Benjamin S. Waxman, Miami, for appellant.
Kathryn L. Kasprzak, Tallahassee, for appellee.
Before HUBBART, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by the respondent Thi-rumalaiswamy Chettiar from a final administrative order revoking his nursing license. Finding no abuse of discretion in the denial of the motion for continuance made on the day of the hearing, see, e.g., Padgett v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Santa Rosa County, 378 So.2d 58, 62-63 (Fla. 1st DCA 1979); Buckley Towers Condominium, Inc. v. Buchwald, 340 So.2d 1206, 1208 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976), cert, denied, 348 So.2d 945 (Fla.1977); Carol City Util., Inc. v. Gaines Constr. Co., 201 So.2d 242, 244 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967), cert, denied, 210 So.2d 221 (Fla.1968); McWhorter v. McWhorter, 122 So.2d 504 (Fla. 2d DCA 1960); Fla.Admin.Code R. 221-6.017 (now 60Q-2.107), or in the failure of the hearing officer to appoint counsel for the respondent, see, e.g., Potashnick v. Port City Constr. Co., 609 F.2d 1101, 1108 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 449 U.S. 820, 101 S.Ct. 78, 66 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980), Woodham v. Williams, 207 So.2d 320 (Fla. 1st DCA 1968), the final order under review is, in all respects,
Affirmed.