Legal Opinion
Warren v. Pataki
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 17, 2016No. Docket No. 13-3412PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge:
In 2005, then-New York State Governor George Pataki launched the Sexually Violent Predator Initiative (the “SVP Initiative” or the “Initiative”), which provided for the involuntary civil commitment at state psychiatric facilities of some “sexually violent predators” (“SVPs”) nearing the date of their release from incarceration or supervision. The six plaintiffs in this case were civilly committed to a psychiatric hospital in late 2005, during the first weeks the Initiative was in effect. In 2008, they filed this action against several individuals who allegedly designed or…
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