Case Name: Timothy STANLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; the Florida Civil Commitment Center; Robert Broidy, Director, Florida Civil Commitment Center; Department of Children and Family Services; and Jerry Regier, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services. Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-06-25
Citations: 875 So. 2d 796
Docket Number: No. 2D03-1619
Parties: Timothy STANLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; the Florida Civil Commitment Center; Robert Broidy, Director, Florida Civil Commitment Center; Department of Children and Family Services; and Jerry Regier, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services. Respondents.
Judges: CASANUEVA and SILBERMAN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 875
Pages: 796–796

Head Matter:
Timothy STANLEY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; the Florida Civil Commitment Center; Robert Broidy, Director, Florida Civil Commitment Center; Department of Children and Family Services; and Jerry Regier, Secretary, Department of Children and Family Services. Respondents.
No. 2D03-1619.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 25, 2004.
Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, and Jeanine Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Janet A. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondents.

Opinion:
NORTHCUTT, Judge.
Timothy Stanley, a committed person under part V of chapter 394, Florida Statutes (2000), entitled "Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators" (the Act), seeks a writ of habeas corpus ordering his immediate release from confinement. Alternatively, he seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to comply with section 394.918(3) of the Act.
This case is governed by our holding in Allen v. State, 873 So.2d 576 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004). Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus and grant the petition for writ of mandamus. We direct the circuit court to hold a limited probable cause hearing pursuant to section 394.918(3), with counsel representing Mr. Stanley as mandated, unless Mr. Stanley has been afforded such a hearing in the last calendar year.
Petition for writ of habeas corpus denied; petition for writ of mandamus granted.
CASANUEVA and SILBERMAN, JJ., concur.