CURRY v. HADI

No. 2D03-5540.

903 So.2d 242 (2005)

John F. CURRY, Jr., Appellant, v. Lucy HADI, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services, and Rick Harry, Executive Director, Florida Civil Commitment Center, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Curry, Jr., pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellees.


FULMER, Judge.

John F. Curry, a detainee under the Jimmy Ryce Act,1 appeals from the dismissal of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Although we conclude that the trial court erred in dismissing the petition for the reasons given in its order, we nevertheless affirm because the petition would have been properly denied had the trial court addressed the substance of the claims raised.

The trial court rested its dismissal on the...

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