JEFFREY P. DATTO, PH.D., vs FLORIDA COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS,

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed November 20, 2019. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ Nos. 3D18-1458 & 3D18-1231 Lower Tribunal Nos. 18-8164 & 18-6303 ________________ Jeffrey P. Datto, Ph.D., Appellant, vs. Florida Commission on Human Relations, Appellee. Administrative Appeals from the Florida Commission on Human Relations. Jeffrey P. Datto, Ph.D., in proper person. Radhika Puri (Tallahassee), Senior Attorney, for appellee. Before EMAS, C.J., and MILLER, and LOBREE, JJ. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 760.06(5), Fla. Stat. (2019) (“[T]he [Florida C]ommission [on Human Relations] shall have the . . . power[] . . . [to] act upon complaints alleging any discriminatory practice, as defined by the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992.1”); § 760.08, Fla. Stat. (2019) (“All persons are entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation without discrimination.”); Okposio v. Barry Univ., 252 So. 3d 1290, 1291 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (finding that a university is not a public accommodation “under the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992”). “Sections 760.01-760.11 and 509.092 shall be cited as the ‘Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992.’” § 760.01(1), Fla. Stat. (2019). 1 2

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