In the Interest of A.B.

We are consolidating sixteen separate petitions for writ of mandamus filed in this court, in that each raises the identical issue, that of the rights of juveniles held in secure detention and not placed into commitment programs within the statutorily mandated period. In these cases, this court has by summary order, designated these petitions as seeking habeas corpus, and ordered the individual petitioner juveniles to be released forthwith, if they were not already placed into a program by the time the petition became ripe for our review. In the latter event, we granted habe-as relief but…