Case Name: Lee Roy SMITH, Appellant, v. Pierre M. ST. VIL., Transportation Casualty Insurance Company, and Earlston Roberts, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-08-16
Citations: 764 So. 2d 924
Docket Number: No. 4D99-1339
Parties: Lee Roy SMITH, Appellant, v. Pierre M. ST. VIL., Transportation Casualty Insurance Company, and Earlston Roberts, Appellees.
Judges: GUNTHER, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 764
Pages: 924–924

Head Matter:
Lee Roy SMITH, Appellant, v. Pierre M. ST. VIL., Transportation Casualty Insurance Company, and Earlston Roberts, Appellees.
No. 4D99-1339.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 16, 2000.
Lee Roy Smith, Forrest City, Arkansas, pro se.
No brief filed for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Lee Roy Smith appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum, which sought transport from federal prison to the Broward County Jail for his civil trial. It appears that the trial court may have denied appellant's petition because it contemporaneously entered a stay of the trial proceedings until petitioner completed his nine-year federal prison term. On certiorari review, we quashed the order granting the stay because neither party had requested it and no sufficient basis for the lengthy stay appeared in the record. See Smith v. St. Vil, 765 So.2d 60 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).
We therefore reverse the order denying appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum and remand for the trial court to reconsider appellant's petition, taking into account those factors set forth in Brown v. Sheriff of Broward County Jail, 502 So.2d 88 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987).
REVERSED and REMANDED.
GUNTHER, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.