Opinion
Nos. SC13–492 SC13–494.
2014-01-30
Miriam DONNER, Petitioner(s) v. Vernon HETHERINGTON, et al., Respondent(s).
The petition for writ of mandamus is hereby 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, 152 Fla. 400, 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). The petition for writ of prohibition is hereby dismissed as moot.