Devin R. Allen v. Secretary, Department of Children and Famillies
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledNovember 18, 2020
Docket2D19-0869
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
In re Commitment of Devin R. Allen. )
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DEVIN R. ALLEN, )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D19-869
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed November 18, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas
County; Paul A. Levine, Acting Circuit
Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and
Carol J. Y. Wilson, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Cerese Crawford Taylor,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
KHOUZAM, Chief Judge.
Devin R. Allen appeals the circuit court's order to continue his civil
commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act. The relief he seeks is to be released from
commitment. During the pendency of this appeal, however, Allen was released.
Because Allen has already obtained the relief that he is seeking, we dismiss this appeal
as moot. See Carlin v. State, 939 So. 2d 245, 247 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) ("An issue is
moot when the controversy has been so fully resolved that a judicial determination can
have no actual effect." (quoting Godwin v. State, 593 So. 2d 211, 212 (Fla. 1992)).
Dismissed as moot.
NORTHCUTT and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.
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