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GORDON v. REGIER

No. 2D02-3733.

839 So.2d 715 (2003)

Larry GORDON, Petitioner, v. Jerry REGIER, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Dillinger, Public Defender, and Joy K. Goodyear, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Petitioner.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deena Degenova, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.

CASANUEVA, Judge.

Larry Gordon petitions this court for a writ of prohibition directing the trial court to enter an order dismissing the State's petition for involuntary civil commitment in which the State alleges that Mr. Gordon is a sexually violent predator. Because Mr. Gordon was not in custody at the time that he was seized pursuant to a seventy-two-hour hold authorized by section 394.9135, Florida Statutes (2000), but instead had been released from the custody...

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