In re Jesus G.

Jesus G., a minor (born Jan. 1998; hereinafter Jesus), represented by the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on December 21, 2012, for his release from Central Juvenile Hall. Jesus was the subject of a wardship petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 and was placed in juvenile hall. At a September 2012 hearing he was found incompetent to stand trial and remained detained. We initially denied the petition on January 9, 2013, and Jesus filed a petition for review with the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court granted the petition for review on February 27, 2013. It ordered this court to vacate the January 9th order denying habeas corpus relief and directed us to issue an order to show cause why Jesus’s prolonged detention without the provision of services was not in violation of the protocol issued by the Los Angeles Superior Court Juvenile Division and did not otherwise deny Jesus due process of law.

On March 6, 2013, we issued an order to show cause. The Los Angeles County Department of Probation filed a return and the public defender’s office filed a traverse. The traverse indicated that as of May…