Case Name: Walter E. MAGINNIS, Petitioner, v. James R. McDONOUGH, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-05-31
Citations: 956 So. 2d 1268
Docket Number: No. 1D06-5096
Parties: Walter E. MAGINNIS, Petitioner, v. James R. McDONOUGH, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al, Respondent.
Judges: VAN NORTWICK, LEWIS, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 956
Pages: 1268–1268

Head Matter:
Walter E. MAGINNIS, Petitioner, v. James R. McDONOUGH, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al, Respondent.
No. 1D06-5096.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 31, 2007.
Walter E. Maginnis, pro se, Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Alexandria Walters, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The circuit court issued its order on petitioner's petition for writ of mandamus without affording adequate time for petitioner to file a reply on the merits. Accordingly, the petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the order of the circuit court quashed. Bard v. Wolson, 687 So.2d 254 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). The cause is remanded to the circuit court with directions to issue an order granting petitioner additional time to file a reply to the response on the merits and to thereafter dispose of the mandamus petition in light of that petition, the response, and the reply-
PETITION GRANTED.
VAN NORTWICK, LEWIS, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.