VAN METER v. SINGLETARY

No. 96-57.

682 So.2d 1162 (1996)

Robert E. VAN METER, Jr., Appellant, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Shannon C. Lord, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


WEBSTER, Judge.

Appellant, an inmate of the state correctional system, seeks review of a final order which dismissed his petition for a writ of mandamus challenging a loss of gain time imposed following a finding that he had committed a disciplinary infraction. We conclude that section 95.11(8), Florida Statutes (1995), which the trial court applied to bar appellant's petition, is an unconstitutional violation of the doctrine of separation of powers when applied to...

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