Court Opinion

ID: 4292449
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Date Created: 2018-07-09 17:07:41.923657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:31:57.110056
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                         No. 1D17-0405
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JOSE N. VAZQUEZ FIGUEROA,

    Appellant,

    v.

HON. DANIEL D. RAULERSON, in
his Capacity as a Candidate;
CRAIG LATIMER, in his Official
Capacity as Supervisor of
Elections of Hillsborough
County, Florida; KRISTY REID
BRONSON, in her Official
Capacity as Chief of Bureau of
Election Records, Division of
Elections, State of Florida; and
KEN DETZNER, in his Official
Capacity as Secretary of Florida
Department of State,

    Appellees.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Charles W. Dodson, Judge.

                          July 9, 2018

PER CURIAM.

     AFFIRMED. See McPherson v. Flynn, 397 So. 2d 665, 667-68
(Fla. 1981) (holding courts have no jurisdiction after an election
to determine an individual’s right to hold office); Norman v.
Ambler, 46 So. 3d 178, 183 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that
circuit court was without power to entertain defeated candidate’s
challenge to primary opponent’s qualification for state senate
based on alleged inaccuracies in financial disclosure forms
because primary had already occurred).

LEWIS, KELSEY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Jose N. Vazquez Figueroa, pro se, Appellant.

Emmett Mitchell, IV, Roger N. Beaubien, and Richard E. Coates,
Coates Law Firm, PL, Tallahassee, for Appellee Daniel D.
Raulerson; David A. Fugett, General Counsel, and Jesse Dyer,
Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of State,
Tallahassee, for Appellees Ken Detzner and Kristy Reid Willis
f/k/a Kristy Reid Bronson; Mary Helen Farris, General Counsel,
and Robert E. Brazel, Chief Assistant County Attorney, Office of
the County Attorney, Tampa, for Appellee Craig Latimer.

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