Widel v. Venz

SHARP, W., J.

Widel petitions this court for relief,1 claiming that the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) has failed to provide him with access to a sufficient law library to enable him to defend himself. He was involuntarily committed after the state initiated proceedings against him pursuant to the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act. § 394.910, et seq. The DCF is the entity responsible for placing detainees under the Jimmy Ryce Act in “an appropriate secure facility.”2 He is presently being held at the South Bay…