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FONTE v. ALVAREZ

No. 86-1365.

491 So.2d 1268 (1986)

James K. FONTE, Petitioner, v. The Honorable F. Dennis ALVAREZ, Circuit Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judge C. Luckey, Jr., Public Defender, and Joseph J. Bartholdi, Asst. Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Tampa, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Joseph Lewis, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

Fonte files this petition for mandamus seeking to compel the circuit judge to conduct a hearing on the filing of exceptions to a master's report in a Baker Act proceeding.

The court below entered an order directing a special master to conduct a hearing on the issue of involuntary placement. Ultimately, the special master filed a report recommending that Fonte be involuntarily placed for...

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