Legal Opinion
Dutil v. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 2008No. 06-2292PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner David Dutil appeals from a decision of the district court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Dutil, adjudged a sexually dangerous person (“SDP”) under Massachusetts law, has long since completed the full term of his criminal sentence, and is now indefinitely confined to the Massachusetts Treatment Center under the Massachusetts SDP statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A. 1 His appeal challenges the constitutionality of his ongoing civil commitment, arguing that by failing to ensure regular and expeditious review of his sexual dangerousness, the…
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