ROMAGNANO
v.
CHILDERS

Fla. 1st DCA | 2024-09-11
No. 1D2024-0534
365 So. 3d 1137 2024 FL 10905 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2024) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A petition for writ of quo warranto challenging election results is denied when filed with unreasonable delay.


Headnotes

[1] A petition for writ of quo warranto challenging election results is subject to dismissal on grounds of unreasonable delay in filing.

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Facts & Procedural History

Chase Anderson Romagnano filed a petition on February 28, 2024, to challenge the 2020 election results for Clerk of Circuit Court for Escambia County …

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

By petition for writ of quo warranto filed February 28, 2024, Petitioner seeks to challenge the election results of the 2020 contest for Clerk of Circuit Court for Escambia County. We conclude Petitioner unreasonably delayed filing and deny the petition on that basis. See Warren v. DeSantis, 365 So. 3d 1137, 1142 (Fla. 2023). RAY, M.K. THOMAS, and NORDBY, JJ., concur. _____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Chase Romagnano, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

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    …t. "Although the text of article IV, section 7 does not attribute any role to the courts in suspension matters, our precedents recognize a narrow judicial role in reviewing the face of a suspension order . . . .” Warren v. DeSantis, 365 So. 3d 1137, 1139 (Fla. 2023). We have said our task is to determine whether the governor has met the constitutional mandate to “state[] the grounds" of the officer's suspension. Israel v. DeSantis, 269 So. 3d 491, 495 (Fla. 2019). We determine…
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  • …to derives from article V, section 3(b)(8) of the Florida Constitution. See W. Flagler Assocs., Ltd. v. DeSantis, 382 So. 3d 1284 (Fla. 2024) (discussing this Court's quo warranto case law). Quo warranto is an extraordinary writ. Warren v. DeSantis, 365 So. 3d 1137, 1142 (Fla. 2023). Such writs “may be denied for numerous and a variety of reasons, some of which may not be based upon the merits of the petition." Topps v. State, 865 So. 2d 1253, 1257 (Fla. 2004). The granting of an extraordinary writ lies within…

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