Opinion
No. 2D01-486.
January 25, 2002.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Pasco County, Maynard F. Swanson, Judge.
John Bowles, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sheron Wells, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.
John Bowles petitions this court for a writ of certiorari to review the circuit court's denial of his petition for a writ of mandamus. He had filed the mandamus requesting gaintime that he alleges was wrongfully denied.
The trial court denied Bowles' petition for mandamus for failure to state a prima facie case. Because our review of the record reveals that Bowles did state a prima facie case, we conclude that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of law and denied Bowles due process of law. Accordingly, we grant the petition for a writ of certiorari and remand for further proceedings that are consistent with this opinion.
Petition granted.
PARKER and SILBERMAN, J., Concur.