Bishop v. Sheldon

SILBERMAN, Judge.

William Bishop, a committed person under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of *260Sexually 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 custody at the time that proceedings under the Act were commenced. We conclude that factual issues preclude us from determining whether Bishop was in lawful custody when the State commenced…