RUIZ v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Case No. 2D16-1390.

212 So.3d 431 (2016)

Carlos RUIZ, Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Ruiz, Petitioner, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Michael W. Mervine , Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Respondent.


Carlos Ruiz, who is in the custody of the Department of Children and Families pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act,1 initiated this case by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court. Ruiz unsuccessfully asserted that he is entitled to immediate release because the Department has not...

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