MATOS v. OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY

No. 4D11-4633.

80 So.3d 1149 (2012)

Edwin MATOS, Petitioner, v. OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Matos , Arcadia, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Joseph A. Tringali , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

We grant the petition for writ of mandamus requiring the court to set an immediate hearing pursuant to section 119.11, Florida Statutes, on the petitioner's public records request. The statute requires the court to set an "immediate" hearing, and petitioner's claim has been pending for eight months.

Petitioner filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the circuit court on June 13, 2011, seeking to enforce his right to request public documents pursuant...

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