VASQUEZ v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

CASE NO. 1D16-4515

223 So.3d 473 (2017)

Golden VASQUEZ, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed August 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Golden Vasquez, pro se, Petitioner.

Kenneth S. Steely , General Counsel, Gayla Grant and Sheron Wells , Assistant General Counsels, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


Golden Vasquez seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the circuit court to reopen the petition for writ of habeas corpus case file. The lower tribunal entered an order administratively closing the file upon the belief that Vasquez had filed a notice of appeal, divesting the court of jurisdiction. However, as Vasquez asserts, and as the respondent...

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