Case Name: James HAMBY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1993-01-15
Citations: 619 So. 2d 972
Docket Number: No. 92-2941
Parties: James HAMBY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: DAUKSCH and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 619
Pages: 972–972

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.