Case Name: Rexford TWEED, Appellant, v. D. Rodney SISTRUNK, Superintendent, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-06-27
Citations: 697 So. 2d 888
Docket Number: No. 96-577
Parties: Rexford TWEED, Appellant, v. D. Rodney SISTRUNK, Superintendent, Appellee.
Judges: PETERSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN and ANTOON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 697
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
Rexford TWEED, Appellant, v. D. Rodney SISTRUNK, Superintendent, Appellee.
No. 96-577.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
June 27, 1997.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1997.
Rexford Tweed, Madison, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Barbara A. Ard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant sought a writ of mandamus from the circuit court for the return of property he claims was improperly withheld from him after he transferred between prison institutions. The circuit court denied the petition without issuing an alternative writ. We find appellant's attempts to rely on his constitutional rights to due process and access to the courts to be misplaced. We disagree with the appellee, however, that Title 33 of the Florida Administrative Code does not afford appellant a right to his property insofar as it is authorized and he has storage space available. Accordingly, the appealed order is reversed in part, and we remand for further proceedings. The lower court is directed to issue an alternative writ with respect to the second issue of appellant's petition consistent with this opinion.
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.
PETERSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN and ANTOON, JJ., concur.