DREW C. HARTLEY, PETITIONER,
v.
JAMES R. MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, RESPONDENT

Fla. 1st DCA | 2007-03-07
No. 1D06-3105
Wolf, J., Van Nortwick, J., Lewis, J.
951 So. 2d 44 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2007)

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Synopsis

The court denied the petitioner's challenge to the circuit court's denial of his petition for an extraordinary writ, but quashed the improper lien imposed on his inmate trust account for court costs in a collateral criminal proceeding.


Holding

A circuit court may not impose a lien on an inmate's trust account for court costs and fees in a collateral criminal proceeding under Florida Statutes section 57.085(10).


Headnotes

[1] In a collateral criminal proceeding under Florida Statutes section 57.085(10), a circuit court may not impose a lien on an inmate's trust account for court costs and fees…

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Petitioner Hartley filed a petition for issuance of an extraordinary writ. The circuit court denied the petition and imposed a lien on his inmate trus…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner’s argument that the circuit court erred in denying his petition for issuance of extraordinary writ is without merit and is rejected. But because the underlying action constitutes a “collateral criminal proceeding” pursuant to section 57.085(10), Florida Statutes (2005), the circuit court improperly imposed a lien upon petitioner’s inmate trust account for payment of court costs and fees. See Jackson v. McDonough, 81 Fla.

L. Weekly D2299, — So. 2d —, 2006 WL 2527244 (Fla. 1st DCA Sept. 5, 2006); Yasir v. McDonough, 939 So. 2d 221 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); Cox v. Crosby, 31 Fla.

L. Weekly D310, — So. 2d —, 2006 WL 176681 (Fla. 1st DCA Jan. 26, 2006), rev. granted sub nom., McDonough v. Cox, 924 So. 2d 809 (Fla.2006); Schmidt v. Crusoe, 878 So. 2d 361 (Fla. 2003). We accordingly quash that portion of the circuit court’s order on indigency imposing a lien as a result of petitioner’s filing of the petition for issuance of extraordinary writ.

The circuit court should direct the reimbursement of any funds that have been withdrawn from petitioner’s account to satisfy the improper lien order. The petition is DENIED as to the challenge to the order by which the circuit court denied relief, but we QUASH that portion of the indigency order which imposed a lien.

WOLF, VAN NORTWICK, and LEWIS, JJ., concur.


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