Case Name: Thomas J. GILBERT, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-11-21
Citations: 972 So. 2d 904
Docket Number: No. 3D07-1459
Parties: Thomas J. GILBERT, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: Before GERSTEN, C.J., and SHEPHERD and SUAREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 972
Pages: 904–904

Head Matter:
Thomas J. GILBERT, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 3D07-1459.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 21, 2007.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Jan. 30, 2008.
Thomas Gilbert, in proper person.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General and Richard L. Polin, Bureau Chief, for respondent.
Before GERSTEN, C.J., and SHEPHERD and SUAREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
On Motion for Rehearing
SUAREZ, J.
We grant the State's motion for rehearing, withdraw this Court's prior opinion released on August 15, 2007, and deny Defendant's Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
Defendant filed a petition for writ of mandamus to require the judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, the circuit in which defendant is presently incarcerated, to rule on his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus collaterally attacking his judgment and sentence. The judgment and sentence occurred in Monroe County and not in Miami-Dade County. Therefore, the trial court was correct in transferring the defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus to the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, Monroe County. See Broom v. State, 907 So.2d 1261 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005).
Petition is denied.