DEP'T OF CHILDREN v. STATE ATTORNEY

No. 1D21-2815.

343 So.3d 1251 (2022)

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Appellant, v. STATE ATTORNEY, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT; and Rickey Bray, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. McGinley , Acting General Counsel, Department of Children and Families, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charlie Cofer , Public Defender, and Elizabeth Hogan Webb , Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, for Appellee Rickey Bray, Jr.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit.


The Department of Children and Families challenges an order of contempt arising from its failure to transport a criminal defendant to a mental health treatment facility designated by the Department. The court ordered the Sheriff in Duval County to transfer the Defendant to the Department's custody "within 72 hours, and upon notification...

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