Title: GOMEZ-CRUZ v. BROWN, SHERIFF

State: georgia

Issuer: Georgia Supreme Court

Document:

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: September 12, 2011 S11A1043. GOMEZ-CRUZ v. BROWN. THOMPSON, Justice. Appellant was one of several individuals who filed a petition for a writ of mandamus against the Sheriff of DeKalb County. They alleged, inter alia, that they were being held in custody beyond the time permitted by statute or despite the posting of a bond because, in view of their immigration status, federal agents placed a detention hold upon them. The trial court dismissed the petition, finding that mandamus was not an appropriate remedy. This appeal followed. Because appellant had been released on bond and was not in the sheriff’s custody when the mandamus petition was filed, the trial court properly dismissed the petition. Coastal Service v. Jackson, 223 Ga. 238, 239 (154 SE2d 365) (1967) (mandamus will not compel “the undoing of acts already done or the correction of wrongs already perpetrated”). Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.