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Grace v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 30, 2009
3 So. 3d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 4D09-414.

March 30, 2009.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Andrew L. Siegel, Judge; L.T. Case No. 89-22409 CF10B.

Derrick L. Grace, Miami, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee.


Derrick L. Grace appeals an order of the Broward County circuit court, summarily denying his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, seeking to enforce his plea agreement to receive a sentence of seventeen years. He claims that the Department of Corrections is erroneously calculating his time served in such a way as to require him to serve more than the full seventeen years, a period of time which he claims he had finished serving (without even considering gain-time) by May 19, 2008.

Nothing in his motion demonstrates that he has exhausted his administrative remedies with the department. Accordingly, we affirm the summary denial, without prejudice to Appellant's pursuing his available remedies against the department and then, if necessary, filing a petition for extraordinary relief in circuit court. See generally Thomas v. State, 828 So.2d 1045 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). If he still claims entitlement to immediate release, then he should file a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the circuit court in the county where he is incarcerated. Bush v. State, 945 So.2d 1207, 1213 n. 1 (Fla. 2006).

WARNER, MAY and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Grace v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 30, 2009
3 So. 3d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)
Case details for

Grace v. State

Case Details

Full title:Derrick L. GRACE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 30, 2009

Citations

3 So. 3d 1290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)