The opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-1676
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UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA,
Appellant,
v.
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
and FLORIDA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
RELATIONS COMMISSION,
Appellees.
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On appeal from the Public Employees Relations Commission.
Kerey Carpenter, Chair.
December 23, 2025
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal from an order of the Public Employees
Relations Commission (PERC), we affirm, without comment, the
dismissal of the United Faculty of Florida’s unfair labor practice
charge against the University of Central Florida Board of
Trustees. However, we dismiss for lack of jurisdiction that portion
of the appeal challenging PERC’s decision to award the University
prevailing party attorney’s fees and costs. See Chang v. Local 1403,
Metro Dade Fire Fighters, 345 So. 3d 384, 384 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022)
(explaining that PERC’s reservation of jurisdiction to determine
the amount of fees renders the entitlement portion of the order
nonfinal and nonappealable).
AFFIRMED in part and DISMISSED in part.
RAY, KELSEY, and TREADWELL, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Richard P. Siwica of Egan, Lev, & Siwica, P.A., Orlando, for
Appellant.
Michael Mattimore and Jason E. Vail of Allen Norton & Blue, P.A.,
Tallahassee; and Craig F. Novick, UCF Office of General Counsel,
Orlando, for Appellee University of Central Florida Board of
Trustees.
Daniel E. Nordby, Benjamin J. Gibson, Amber S. Nunnally, and
Elise M. Engle of Shutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, for Appellee
Public Employees Relations Commission.
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