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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

James HAMBY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 92-2941.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Jan. 15, 1993.
    Rehearing Denied Feb. 19, 1993.
    James Hamby, pro se.
    No appearance for respondent.
   PETERSON, Judge.

James Hamby, an inmate at Marion Correctional Institution, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he lost eighty days’ gain time as a result of disciplinary action and that the record supports his position that the time should be restored. We deny the petition.

Habeas corpus relief is not available as a remedy to contest loss of gain time unless an inmate is being unlawfully detained and is entitled to an immediate release. See Thomas v. Dugger, 548 So.2d 230 (Fla.1989); Williams v. State, 519 So.2d 723 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). If Hamby has exhausted his administrative remedies, he may be entitled to seek a writ of mandamus in the circuit court to compel lawful application of gain time rules. See, e.g., Crain v. State, 579 So.2d 411 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991); Cole v. Dugger, 543 So.2d 1296 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Hall v. Wainwright, 498 So.2d 670 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).

DENIED.

DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur.