CIVIL PROCEDURE: VENUE: DUE PROCESS: NOTICE: TRIAL COURT ERRED BY SUA SPONTE AND WITHOUT NOTICE TRANSFERRING TO LEON COUNTY INMATES’ ACTION AGAINST GOVERNOR

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Kunselman v. Offices of Governor, ___ So. 3d ___, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D493 (Fla. 1st DCA February 23, 2015)

The appellate court reversed an order sua sponte transferring to Leon County an action by prison inmates against the Governor because the order was entered without providing the inmates with “notice and an opportunity to respond.”

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