Legal Opinion
Johannes v. Hunter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2003No. 02-56532; D.C. No. CV-01-07188-RTPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
Gerald Johannes appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus following the California Court of Appeal’s overturning of a trial judge’s finding of no probable cause and issuance of an order to the trial judge to find probable cause to bind Johannes over for a civil commitment trial under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act (“SVPA” or “SVP”), Cal. Wei. & InstCode § 6600 et seq. We affirm the dismissal.
California’s SVP statute reads in relevant part, “(a) A judge of the superior court shall review the petition and shall determine whether there is probable…
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