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BISHOP v. SHELDON

No. 2D09-1347.

68 So.3d 259 (2010)

William K. BISHOP, Petitioner, v. George SHELDON, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Meghan Ann Collins , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.

Bill McCollum , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa for Respondent.

SILBERMAN, Judge.

William Bishop, a committed person under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act1 (the Act), filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking his immediate release from the Florida Civil Commitment Center. He asserts that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the commitment petition filed under the Act because he was not in lawful...

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