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ALLEN v. FLORIDA DEPT. OF CHILDREN & FAMILY

No. 4D00-1166.

770 So.2d 261 (2000)

Stephen ALLEN, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, and John J. Skye, Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dyann W. Beaty, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for respondent.

WARNER, C.J.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. Petitioner seeks immediate release from civil confinement pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act, sections 394.910.930, Florida Statutes (1999), because he alleges that the original multi-disciplinary report provided to the state attorney to initiate proceedings under the act was defective. After the filing of the petition, the court conducted an adversarial probable cause hearing. After hearing evidence, including...

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