RHONDA DAVIS vs FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, JULIE L. JONES, SECRETARY

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED RHONDA DAVIS, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D18-2745 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, JULIE L. JONES, SECRETARY, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed November 8, 2019 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Donald E. Scaglione, Judge. Shaina Thorpe, of Thorpe & Thorpe, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Thomas M. Gonzalez and Nathan J. Paulich, of GrayRobinson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Buade v. Terra Grp., LLC, 259 So. 3d 219, 222-23 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018) (holding appellant failed to exhaust administrative remedies for retaliation claim under Florida Civil Rights Act where appellant filed only claim for sexual discrimination with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and subsequently dismissed claim for sexual discrimination in court, leaving only retaliation claim); see also Basel v. Sec’y of Def., 507 F. App’x 873, 876 (11th Cir. 2013) (“A district court, however, may not consider a retaliation claim that was not first administratively exhausted where no other properly raised judicial claim exists to which the retaliation claim may attach.”). EVANDER, C.J., HARRIS, J., and JACOBUS, B.W., Senior Judge, concur. 2

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