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Reese v. McDonough

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Feb 8, 2007
947 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 1D05-3053.

February 8, 2007.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County. Charles A. Francis, Judge.

Appellant James Reese, pro se, Florida City.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Joy A. Stubbs, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


James Reese appeals an order dismissing his petition for writ of mandamus for failure to comply with the circuit court's case management order directing him to file appropriate indigency documentation, as required by section 57.085(2), Florida Statutes (2003). In particular, Reese failed to file a copy of his inmate bank account statement for the six months preceding the filing of his petition. Given the reasonable position taken by the Department of Corrections before this court, we REVERSE the circuit court's order of dismissal and REMAND the case to allow Reese one opportunity to correct the deficiencies in his indigency submissions. See, e.g., Tooma v. Moore, 743 So.2d 1189 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Masiello v. Moore, 739 So.2d 1196 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Marquart v. Fla. Parole Comm'n, 701 So.2d 674 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997).

ALLEN, KAHN, and DAVIS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Reese v. McDonough

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Feb 8, 2007
947 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

Reese v. McDonough

Case Details

Full title:James REESE, Appellant, v. James McDONOUGH, Secretary, Florida Department…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Feb 8, 2007

Citations

947 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)