Legal Opinion
Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided January 25, 2010No. 1D08-2054PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWetherell, J.
Appellant seeks review of the final order dismissing his negligence action against the Department of Corrections (DOC) as “frivolous” and entering a civil restitution lien against him in the amount of $250,000. We affirm the dismissal of the negligence action, but we vacate the lien.
On January 29, 1998, Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was committed to the custody of DOC on March 31, 1998. On October 7, 2002, DOC staff at the Walton County Correctional Institution (Walton Cl) confiscated 47 of Appellant’s…
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