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9th Circuit: Class-action by Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators May Proceed on Claims for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2013, page 48
Following remand from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit reversed in part its previous published ruling, Hydrick v. Hunter, 500 F.3d 978 (9th Cir. 2007) [PLN, April 2007, p.34], which had held that the administrators of Atascadero State Hospital, the defendants in a class-action lawsuit initiated by people civilly …
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Qualified Immunity,
Supervisory Liability,
Civil Commitment.
Location:
California.
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