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OREN v. JUDD

No. 2D06-2318.

940 So.2d 1271 (2006)

Paul OREN, as guardian and next friend of Thad Oren, Incompetent, Petitioner, v. Grady C. JUDD, Jr., as Sheriff of Polk County, Florida; Lucy D. Hadi, as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families, an agency of the State of Florida; and the State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Robert A. Young and Richard N. Blank, Assistant Public Defenders, Bartow, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Christ, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Muir Beccue, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondents Grady C. Judd, Jr., Sheriff of Polk County, and the State of Florida.

Charles D. Peters, Orlando, for Respondent Lucy Hadi.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The circuit court found Thad Oren incompetent to proceed in a criminal case and ordered him involuntarily committed to the custody of the Department of Children and Families. Through his guardian, Paul Oren, Oren challenged the commitment by petitioning this court for a writ of habeas corpus. Oren's petition raised two grounds for relief, the second of which is mooted by our resolution of the first. Oren contended that the circuit court could not...

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