         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-2197
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TOMMY LEE GAINES,

    Petitioner,

    v.

JULIE L. JONES, Secretary,
Florida Department of
Corrections,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.

                       December 21, 2018


PER CURIAM.

    Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari is DENIED on the
merits.

B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and WOLF and RAY, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Elizabeth Siano Harris of Harris Appellate Law Office, Mims, for
Petitioner.

Tommy Lee Gaines, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee; Kenneth S.
Steely, General Counsel, Eric Salvatore Giunta and Beverly
Brewster, Assistant General Counsels, Department of
Corrections, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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