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Supreme Court Rulings Trickle Down: Washington Civil Commitment

Washington Civil Commitment La.: In the November, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Young v. Weston, 898 F. Supp. 744 (WD WA 1995) where a district court in Washington struck down as unconstitutional that state's civil commitment law. The case was on appeal when the supreme court decided Hendricks v. Kansas, 117 S. Ct. (1997) [PLN Aug. 1997]. The ninth circuit remanded Young to the district court for reconsideration in light of Hendricks. See: Young v. Weston, 122 F.3d 38 (9th Cir. 1997).

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Young v. Weston

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Young v. Weston, 122 F.3d 38 (9th Cir. 08/05/1997)



[Editor's note: footnotes (if any) trail the opinion]

FOR PUBLICATION

[1] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

[2] ANDRE BRIGHAM YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

[3] DAVID WESTON, Superintendent of the Special Commitment Center, Respondent-Appellant.

[4] No. 95-35958

[5] D.C. No. CV-94-00480-C

[6] ORDER

[7] On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

[8] Filed August 5, 1997

[9] Before: Betty B. Fletcher, John T. Noonan, and Pamela Ann Rymer, Circuit Judges

[10] ORDER

[11] We remand this case to the district court for reconsideration in light of Kansas v. Hendricks, _______ S. Ct. _______ (U.S. June 23, 1997).

[12] REMANDED.

[Editor's note: Illustrations from the original opinion, if any, are available in the print version]


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122 F.3d 38, 1997.C09.1358