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Fifth Circuit Denies Full Due Process Protections to Convicted Mental Health Prisoner
Petitioner, whose name was sealed by court order, challenged her civil confinement instituted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 4245(d), which confined her to a mental-health facility after a proceeding in which she was ordered confined based upon a preponderance-of-evidence standard, rather than by “clear and convincing” evidence, or by even ...
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