17-003259EXE Kenisha Griggs vs. Agency For Persons With Disabilities Status: Closed Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

STATE OF FLORIDA

AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

KENISHA GRIGGS,

Petiti o n e r ,

DO A H Case No . : l 7 - 3259EXE

vs. ~.;._..; h a ----~----- I L E ....

AGENCY FOR PERSO NS WITH

DISABILITIES , 1 SEP 2 6 ?.017 D

Re s p o nd e nt.

---- - -------- I A ency Clerk APO ' s Office

FfNAL ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This cause comes before the Agency for Per so n s with Di sa bilitie s for e ntr y of a F inal Order of

Di s mi ss al following the rec e ipt of an Ord e r Closing Fil e and Relinqui s hing Juri s diction , a cop y of

which i s attac hed to this F inal Order.

Petitioner h a d reque s t e d a he a rin g as a result of an Agency d ec i sio n w hich denied the r eq u est

for exe mption from di squa lification. Th e h ea rin g r e qu es t was fo r wa rd ed to t h e Di v i s i o n of

A dmini strat i ve Hearing s for as s ignment of an Administrative Law Jud ge t o conduct the hearing. Pri or

to th e h ea ring , Petitioner filed a n o ti ce of voluntar y d i s mi ss a l ba s ed on Petition e r 's rec e ipt o f a no ti ce

granting P e titioner ' s reque st for a n exemption from disqualification, w hi c h resulted in the i ss uanc e of

the Order Closing File a nd Relinqui s hing Juri s diction .

Therefore , ba se d on the foregoing, the petition requesting an administrative hearin g i s h e r e b y

DENIED. The Agency's prior action denying P etit ion er's r eq u est for a n exe mption from

di s qualification i s no w m oo t , as petitioner r ece i ved n ot i ce gra ntin g her request for a n exem p t i o n from

di s qualifica t i o n .

DONE AND ORDERED in Ta ll a h assee , L e on Co un ty. Flo ri da , th i s 7}; ¾. y o f Se p tember ,

2017.

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Tom R a nkin , Deput y Direct o r of Operat i ons ,

Agency f or Person s wit h Di sa biliti es

RIGHT TO APPEAL

A p arty who i s adversely affected b y thi s final order i s e ntitl e d t o judicial review. To initiate judicial

review , the party se eking it mu s t fil e on e copy of a "No tice of Appeal" w ith the Agency C l e rk. The

party se eking judicial review must also fil e another cop y of the "No tice of Appeal , " acco mpani e d b y the

filing fee required by law , with th e First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, Florida , or with t h e

Di s trict Court of Appeal in the di st ri c t where the party resides. Review proceedings s h a ll be conducted

in accordance with Florida Rule s of Appellate Procedure. The No tice s mu s t b e fil ed w ithin thi rty (3 0 )

da ys of the rendition of thi s final order. 1

1 The date of the " rendition " of this Final Order is the date that is stamped on its first page . The Not ices of

Appeal must be recei v ed on or before the thirt i eth day after that date.

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Copies furnished to:

Kenisha Griggs APD Northeast Regional Office

8426 Delaware Avenue

Jacksonville, Florida 32208

Claudia Llado , Clerk Kurt E. Ahrendt

Division of Administrative Hearing s Senior Attorney

Agency for Persons with Di sab iliti es

4030 Esplanade Way , Suite 380

Tallaha ssee, Florida 32399-0950

kurt.ahrendt @ apdcares.org

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of thi s Final Order was provided to the a bove-named

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individual s at the li s ted addresses , by U.S. Mail or electronic mail , this 1Jjj_ day of September. 20 1 7.

a Williams, Esq., Agency C lerk

gency for Per so n s with Disabilitie s

4030 Esp l anade Wa y , S uit e 335

Tallaha ssee. Florida 32399-0950

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