Case Name: Carmen TUNGATE, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-06-03
Citations: 742 So. 2d 803
Docket Number: No. 96-4177
Parties: Carmen TUNGATE, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 742
Pages: 803–804

Head Matter:
Carmen TUNGATE, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellee.
No. 96-4177.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
June 3, 1998.
Rehearing Denied July 28, 1999.
Carmen Tungate, pro se, Appellant.
Susan Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
PER CURIAM.
Carmen Tungate, an inmate incarcerated at Everglades Correctional Institution, appeals the adoption by the Florida Department of Corrections, appellee, of rule 33-3.0055, Florida Administrative Code, which, in pertinent part, establishes required lists of library materials to be maintained in the law libraries located in the Department's correctional facilities. See Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996). The Department argues that appellant lacks the standing to challenge the rule pursuant to section 120.81(3)(a), Florida Statutes (Supp.1996). We agree. Section 120.81(3)(a) is a statutory bar to appellant, as a prisoner, seeking judicial review of the administrative action in the instant case. See Endress v. Florida Dep't of Corrections, 612 So.2d 645 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).
Accordingly, the instant appeal is dismissed. See § 120.81(3)(a), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1996).
ERVIN, BOOTH and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.