Howe v. Godinez

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JAMES G. HOWE, ) TIMOTHY CHARLES, ) JACOB KALLAL, and ) GEORGE NEEDS, ) ) Case No. 14-cv-844-SMY Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) SALVADORE GODINEZ, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL YANDLE, District Judge: Plaintiffs are civil detainees classified as "sexually dangerous persons" under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act ("SDPA"), 725 ILCS 205/0.1, et seq. The Act permits the State to involuntarily commit and indefinitely confine individuals who have not been convicted of a crime, but who have…