Case Name: John MAYNARD, Appellant, v. Lars SEVERSON, Warden, Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2016-10-19
Citations: 204 So.3d 62
Docket Number: No. 4D16-1731
Parties: John MAYNARD, Appellant, v. Lars SEVERSON, Warden, Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Appellee.
Judges: GROSS, TAYLOR and FORST, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 204
Pages: 62–63

Head Matter:
John MAYNARD, Appellant, v. Lars SEVERSON, Warden, Okeechobee Correctional Institution, Appellee.
No. 4D16-1731.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Oct. 19, 2016.
John Maynard, Okeechobee, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J, Carney, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John Maynard appeals a non-final order transferring his habeas corpus petition from Okeechobee County, where he is incarcerated, to Manatee County, where he was convicted and sentenced. . After reviewing Maynard's petition, we conclude that it is unauthorized because it raises claims that should have been raised on direct appeal or in -a timely motion for postconviction relief. See Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236, 1245-46 (Fla.2004). As the petition is unauthorized, the trial court was not required to transfer it to Manatee County. Rafael v. Crews, 154 So.3d 505, 507 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015). Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's order and remand this case with instructions to dismiss the petition as unauthorized. Id.
Reversed and remanded with instructions.
GROSS, TAYLOR and FORST, JJ., concur.