Case Name: John F. SALLANO, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-05-08
Citations: 816 So. 2d 208
Docket Number: No. 3D01-1675
Parties: John F. SALLANO, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 816
Pages: 208–209

Head Matter:
John F. SALLANO, Appellant, v. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Appellee.
No. 3D01-1675.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 8, 2002.
John F. Sallano, in proper person.
Robert A. Ginsburg, Miami-Dade County Attorney, Thomas A. Tucker Ronzetti and Warren F.X. Smith, Assistant County Attorneys, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON and GODERICH, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See § 57.085(2), Fla. Stat. (2000); Urrutia v. Harrisburg County Police Dep't, 91 F.3d 451, 458 n. 13 (3d Cir.1996) (under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, merely "submitting an in forma pauperis complaint to the clerk does not result in commencement of the litigation and satisfaction of the statute of limitations."); Reed v. Mims, 711 So.2d 169, 171 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998) ("It is evident that [§ 57.085] is patterned after similarly worded 28 U.S.C. § 1915.")