GWONG v. SINGLETARY

No. 87824.

683 So.2d 109 (1996)

Richard Bing GWONG, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Opinion Denying Rehearing November 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baya Harrison, III, Monticello, for Petitioner.

Louis A. Vargas, General Counsel and Susan A. Maher, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and Jason Vail and Joslyn Wilson, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae, the Office of the Attorney General.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Richard Bing Gwong"s petition for writ of mandamus, in which he asks this Court to require the Florida Department of Corrections (the department) to make incentive gain-time available to certain inmates currently being denied eligibility for such gain-time by Florida Administrative Code Rule 33-11.0065 (1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const. The rule amendment contested by Gwong retroactively denies to...

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