Legal Opinion
Widel v. Venz
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 1, 2002No. 5D01-1838PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
SHARP, W., J.
Respondent has filed a motion for rehearing which provided us with additional facts. We grant the motion for rehearing in part to correct certain factual inaccuracies in the original opinion, withdraw the original opinion, and substitute the following. We deny the motion in all other respects.
Kenneth 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 detained after the state initiated…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bounds v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mitchell v. MooreSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
- Killings v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
- STATE, DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. JacksonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
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