WHITE v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

No. 1D07-5517.

981 So.2d 1233 (2008)

James C. WHITE, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES and the State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. White, pro se, Petitioner.

John Copeland, General Counsel, and Gregory D. Venz, Assistant General Counsel, for Respondent Florida Department of Children and Families; Bill McCollum, Attorney General, for Respondent State of Florida.


PER CURIAM.

James C. White, who by order of the Bay County Circuit Court was civilly committed to the custody of the Department of Children and Families under the Jimmy Ryce Act,1 petitions for mandamus relief to compel the Department and the committing court to perform their respective duties under section 394.918, Florida Statutes (2007). In pertinent part, that statute provides as follows:

(1) A person committed under this...

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