Case Name: Samuel HUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1990-10-16
Citations: 568 So. 2d 505
Docket Number: No. 90-873
Parties: Samuel HUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON, MINER and WOLF, JJ„ concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 568
Pages: 505–505

Head Matter:
Samuel HUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-873.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 16, 1990.
Samuel Hunter, pro se.
Bradford L. Thomas, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Florida Parole Com’n, Tallahassee, for ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Samuel Hunter, a prisoner, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court alleging that the Florida Parole Commission improperly suspended his presumptive parole release date. At the Commission's urging, the circuit court dismissed the petition on the belief that it was without jurisdiction to review a prisoner's parole status. The jurisdictional argument urged by FPC has been rejected, and this court has held that it is within the jurisdiction of the circuit court to consider mandamus challenges to presumptive parole release dates. Florida Parole Commission v. Padovano, 554 So.2d 1200 (Fla. 1st DCA), rev. denied, 564 So.2d 488 (Fla.1990). Consequently, we reverse the circuit court's dismissal and- remand for consideration of the merits.
WIGGINTON, MINER and WOLF, JJ" concur.