BENTON v. SIMS

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY EDMOND BENTON, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 19-16157 (BRM) v. OPINION MARC SIMS, et al., Defendants. MARTINOTTI, DISTRICT JUDGE Petitioner Edmond Benton (“Petitioner”) is a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) civilly committed at the Special Treatment Unit at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, New Jersey, pursuant to the New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act, N.J. Stat. § 30:4-27.24, et seq. (“SVPA”). He is proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus (“Petition”) brought…