Sheppard v. Williams ex rel. Seymour

HENDRY, Chief Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the Circuit Court denying defendant’s motion to dismiss.

The plaintiff, a minor, through his next friend and as a member of a class which consists of indigent juveniles detained in Youth Hall, a juvenile detention facility in Dade County, filed a complaint seeking a declaration of their right to counsel, right to be advised of the choice of courts, right to be released pending trial, and right to be heard at a release hearing. Plaintiff also sought to enjoin the defendants from detaining the plaintiff and other members of the…