DEMICK v. HADI

No. 2D04-44.

894 So.2d 1087 (2005)

James Randy DEMICK, 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.

March 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Randy Demick, pro se.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Appellees.


DAVIS, Judge.

James Randy Demick challenges the trial court order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in response to his civil detention under the Jimmy Ryce Act.1 We reverse.

In his petition below, Demick argued that the State failed to comply with the various time standards set forth in section 394.9135, Florida Statutes (2003). The trial court dismissed the petition, concluding that Demick's arguments did...

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