Certified for Partial Publication.
MARCHIANO, P.J.
Welfare and Institutions Code section 1800 provides for extended detention of a ward of the California Youth Authority (CYA), by way of a civil commitment extending beyond the date of his CYA discharge. At the time of the proceedings below, the statute authorized such a commitment if the ward "would be physically dangerous to the public because of [his] mental or physical deficiency...
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