Opinion
No. 1D22-2773
11-22-2023
Lawrence SIMPKINS, Appellant, v. Ricky D. DIXON, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, Appellee.
Lawrence E. Simpkins, pro se, Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Juanita Villalpando, Assistant Attorney General, and Lance Eric Neff, General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
On appeal from the Circuit County for Leon County. Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.
Lawrence E. Simpkins, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Juanita Villalpando, Assistant Attorney General, and Lance Eric Neff, General Counsel, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Per Curiam.
Affirmed. See City of Miami Beach v. State ex rel. Epicure, Inc., 148 Fla. 255, 4 So. 2d 116, 117 (1941) (explaining that mandamus will not lie when the discharge of a duty "requires the exercise of judgment or discretion"); see also § 944.611(1), Fla. Stat. (2022) (expressing as legislative intent that "[i]t is desirable that each inmate be confined in and released from an institution or facility as close to the inmate’s permanent residence or county of commitment as possible, in order to lessen the transportation expense to the public"); Ancrum v. McNeil, 15 So. 3d 619 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) (affirming trial court order denying mandamus relief to inmate who sought to compel the Department of Corrections to transfer him to a correctional institution closer to his family).
Lewis, B.L. Thomas, and Rowe, JJ., concur.