SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. ARIZ

No. 2D10-1335.

67 So.3d 229 (2010)

SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, a federally recognized Indian tribe, d/b/a Seminole Gaming and Seminole Indian Casino-Immokalee, Petitioner, v. Pedro A. ARIZ, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Roselindo Velasquez and on behalf of Victoria Velasquez, as wife of decedent Roselindo Velasquez, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Orlovsky of Kamen & Orlovsky, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

John De Leon of Chavez & De Leon, P.A., South Miami, for Respondent.


MORRIS, Judge.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida (Tribe) seeks (1) a writ of certiorari to review a nonfinal order of the trial court continuing the hearing on the Tribe's motion to dismiss a wrongful death action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and allowing Victoria Velasquez, as the "presumptive personal representative" of the estate of Roselindo Velasquez,1 to conduct discovery on jurisdictional issues and (2) a writ of prohibition...

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