GIBSON v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 1D02-0118.

828 So.2d 422 (2002)

Thomas B. GIBSON, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gibson, pro se, petitioner.

Louis A. Vargas, General Counsel and Susan A. Maher, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for respondent.


MINER, J.

Thomas B. Gibson seeks certiorari review of an order of the circuit court denying his petition for writ of mandamus. In that petition, Gibson argued that the Department of Corrections ("DOC") lacked authority to forfeit certain previously accrued gain-time awarded him by the sentencing court, and he sought an order compelling DOC to recalculate his sentence in order to award him proper credit. The circuit court correctly found that Gibson was not entitled...

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