James Thomas v. State

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JULY TERM 2008 JAMES D. THOMAS, Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D08-1484 STATE OF FLORID A, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed August 22, 2008 Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Charles M. Holcomb, Respondent Judge. James D. Thomas, Wewahitchka, pro se. No Appearance for Respondent. PER CURIAM. See Saunders v. State, 837 So. 2d 433 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) ("Although we are sympathetic to [the petitioner's] situation, we deny the petition [for writ of prohibition] because we know of no mechanism by which he can force the trial court to timely dispose of the violation of probation ¦."); Norman v. State, 900 So. 2d 702 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005) (concluding that trial court has no ministerial duty to conduct a VOP hearing under factual circumstances which are similar to the instant case). PETITION DENIED. PALMER, C.J., SAWAYA and MONACO, JJ., concur.

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