HAINES v. BROWARD COUNTY BD. OF COM'RS

No. 96-0152.

695 So.2d 818 (1997)

Ronald C. HAINES, Appellant, v. BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS and Broward Sheriff Ron Cochran, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Haines, Margate, pro se.

John J. Copelan, Jr., County Attorney for Broward County, and Anthony C. Musto, Chief Appellate Counsel, Fort Lauderdale, for Appellee Broward County Board of Commissioners.


PARIENTE, Judge.

We affirm the trial court's denial of defendant's petition for writ of mandamus naming Broward County Board of Commissioners and Broward Sheriff Ron Cochran as respondents. Defendant sought gain time pursuant to section 951.21, Florida Statutes (1995), which applies to gain time for good conduct of county prisoners.

Defendant was serving a fifteen-year prison term and was thus already a state prisoner in the custody of the Department of Corrections...

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