Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services, Juvenile Justice v. J.S.G.

We decline to issue the requested writ of certiorari in this case. The petition seeks the discharge from secure detention of a juvenile committed to the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for placement in a Level Six residential program. Although the court order of January 21,1994 appears on its face plainly to violate the limitations contained in section 39.044(11), Florida Statutes, by the time application for relief was filed in this court, the order had expired by its own terms and the child was no longer in detention. The petition, therefore, is moot.

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