DURDEN v. BRIODY

No. 2D01-149.

787 So.2d 260 (2001)

Charles DURDEN, Petitioner, v. Robert BRIODY, Director, Florida Civil Commitment Center; and Kathleen A. Kearney, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Kenneth N. Johnson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Jennifer R. Haymes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

By petition for habeas corpus or, alternatively, mandamus, Charles Durden seeks to challenge the conditions of his confinement at the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) in DeSoto County. Durden was found to be a sexual predator and was committed for treatment under the Jimmy Ryce Act. Because he has not alleged a sufficient case for relief, we deny the petition.

The order of commitment, entered by the circuit court in the Fifteenth Judicial...

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