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STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. JACKSON

No. 2D00-1768.

790 So.2d 535 (2001)

STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Petitioner, v. Joe JACKSON, Phillip Williams, Donald Paul Johnson and Barney Franklin, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jennifer R. Haymes, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Respondents.

FULMER, Judge.

Petitioner, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF), seeks certiorari review of a trial court order entered in four involuntary civil commitment proceedings, pursuant to Florida's Jimmy Ryce Act, sections 394.910-931, Florida Statutes (2000) (the "Act").1 The trial court found probable cause to believe that the respondents are sexually violent predators, and the respondents are being detained while they await...

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