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Rodriguez v. Crosby

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 5, 2005
911 So. 2d 290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

Opinion

No. 3D04-2540.

October 5, 2005.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Israel Reyes, Judge.

Pedro Rodriguez, in proper person.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Joy A. Stubbs, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, C.J., and SHEPHERD and ROTHENBERG, JJ.


CONFESSION OF ERROR


The appellant, a prisoner incarcerated at Glades Correctional Institution in Palm Beach County, appeals the denial of his petition for writ of mandamus. The appellant originally filed his petition in the Second Judicial Circuit, seeking to reverse the forfeiture of his accrued gain time. The Second Judicial Circuit found that it did not have jurisdiction, and transferred the case to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. The Eleventh Judicial Circuit denied the petition. The appellant appeals, arguing that venue was improper in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and that jurisdiction was proper in the Second Judicial Circuit. The appellee properly confesses error, conceding that venue was improper in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. See Griffith v. Crosby, 898 So.2d 212, 213 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) ("Where an inmate seeks mandamus review of a decision of the Department regarding the forfeiture of gain time as the result of a prison disciplinary matter, the proper venue is laid either in the county where the inmate is incarcerated or in the county where the Department's headquarters are located."); see also Burgess v. Crosby, 870 So.2d 217 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).

We, therefore, reverse and remand to the trial court with directions to transfer the case to a correct venue.

Reversed and remanded.


Summaries of

Rodriguez v. Crosby

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Oct 5, 2005
911 So. 2d 290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)
Case details for

Rodriguez v. Crosby

Case Details

Full title:Pedro RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. James V. CROSBY, Jr., Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 5, 2005

Citations

911 So. 2d 290 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)