Opinion
No. SC12–1272.
2013-04-19
Johnson CUFFY, Petitioner(s) v. STATE of Florida, Respondent(s).
The order which issued on October 16, 2012, directing petitioner to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed pursuant to Logan v. State, 846 So.2d 472 (Fla.2003), is hereby discharged.
To the extent that petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus, relief is not authorized and this case is hereby dismissed. See Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236 (Fla.2004).
To the extent that petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied because a writ of mandamus cannot be issued to direct the manner in which a court shall act in the lawful exercise of its jurisdiction. State ex rel. North St. Lucie River Drainage Dist. v. Kanner, 11 So.2d 889, 890 (Fla.1943); see also Migliore v. City of Lauderhill, 415 So.2d 62, 63 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982) (stating that mandamus “is not an appropriate vehicle for review of a merely erroneous decision nor is it proper to mandate the doing (or undoing) of a discretionary act”), approved, 431 So.2d 986 (Fla.1983).