UPSON v. TUCKER

No. 1D11-5502.

85 So.3d 1189 (2012)

Willie D. UPSON, Petitioner, v. Kenneth S. TUCKER, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie D. Upson , pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and C. Ian Garland , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Willie D. Upson petitions for certiorari review of an order of the circuit court dismissing his petition for writ of mandamus. We agree with petitioner that the circuit court departed from the essential requirements of law when it dismissed his petition without affording him the opportunity to reply to the Department of Corrections' response, which raised for the first time the issue on which the circuit court based its dismissal order. See Bard v....

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