Franklin v. Kearney

Petitioner seeks mandamus relief from an amended order of the Broward County circuit court, transferring his petition for writ of habeas corpus to the Alachua County circuit court. We grant the petition, quash the order, and direct the Bro-ward County circuit court to exercise jurisdiction over the habeas petition.

The Broward circuit court’s transfer was based on its conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction because Petitioner is being detained in Alachua County. Mandamus is properly used to test the correct*463ness of a lower tribunal’s determination that it lacks jurisdiction. See Pino v. Dist.…