Anthony v. Singletary

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

James Anthony filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the Department of Corrections to restore his lost gain time and to remove him from Close Management status.1 The circuit court initially dismissed the petition without prejudice because Anthony had failed to serve the respondent. The court gave him 21 days either to file the certificate of service for the original petition showing service on the respondent, or to file an amended petition. When Anthony did neither, the court dismissed his petition with prejudice.

At the time the petition was filed, Anthony’s…