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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES v. STATE ATTORNEY FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (2022)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.2022-07-27No. No. 1D21-2816

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Opinion

This is a companion case to Department of Children & Families v. State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1D-21-2815 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022), involving an order of contempt against the Department for failing to timely transport a criminal defendant to a mental health treatment facility. We redesignate this case from a petition seeking extraordinary relief to an appeal and conclude that the order fails to satisfy the legal requirements of either civil or indirect criminal contempt, for the reasons set forth in our opinion in Department of Children & Families v. State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit, 1D-21-2815.

Accordingly, we reverse the order of contempt and remand.

Per Curiam.

Rowe, C.J., and B.L. Thomas and Osterhaus, JJ., concur.