J.R. v. HANSEN

No. 12-14212.

736 F.3d 659 (2013)

J.R., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael HANSEN, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Agency For Persons with Disabilities, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Debriere , Kristen Cooley Lentz , Peter Prescott Sleasman , Florida Institutional Legal Services, Inc., Newberry, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathan Daniel Grabb , Michael A. Palecki , Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARTIN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and EDENFIELD, District Judge.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

J.R. is a man who was involuntarily admitted to "non-secure" residential services administered by the Florida Department of Children and Family Services in 2004. Under that same 2004 admission order, he continues to be committed in a non-secure residential facility. He filed suit against Michael Hansen, in his official capacity as the Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (the successor to the Department of Children and Family...

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