Case Name: Charles BISHOP, Petitioner, v. Melinda COONROD, Chair of the Florida Commission on Offender Review, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-12-27
Citations: 231 So. 3d 601
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D17-1037
Parties: Charles BISHOP, Petitioner, v. Melinda COONROD, Chair of the Florida Commission on Offender Review, Respondent.
Judges: B.L. THOMAS, C.J, and JAY and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 231
Pages: 601–601

Head Matter:
Charles BISHOP, Petitioner, v. Melinda COONROD, Chair of the Florida Commission on Offender Review, Respondent.
CASE NO. 1D17-1037
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed December 27, 2017
Gary L. Luke and Nathan R. Ross, Orange Park, for Petitioner.
Rana Wallace, General Counsel, and Mark J. Hiers, Assistant General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Although the lower court found Bishop's mandamus petition to be time barred under section 95.11(5)(f), Florida Statutes, we conclude that the petition was timely filed within one year of the Florida Commission on Offender Review's action on March 16, 2016. See Blue v. Fla. Comm'n on Offender Review, 201 So.3d 808 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). However, we further conclude that the lower court afforded due process and observed the essential requirements of law when it also denied the mandamus petition on the merits. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of certiorari on the merits, but do so without prejudice to the Commission's considering the 2015 "corrected judgment" at Bishop's subsequent interview scheduled for 2020.
B.L. THOMAS, C.J, and JAY and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.