Department of Children & Families v. Blackburne

The Department of Children and Families filed a petition for writ of certiorari or in the alternative prohibition, seeking review of an order directing it to transfer the respondent Carlye A. Blackburne to a chapter 916 forensic facility. We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash that portion of the order that commits the respondent to the Department of Children and Families to be transferred to a chapter 916 mental health treatment facility for restoration of his competency.

The respondent is currently detained pursuant to a determination that probable cause exists to believe…