Michael Hughes v. James Dimas

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

An Illinois state court ruled that Michael Hughes was a sexually violent person who suffers from a mental disorder that creates a substantial risk that unless confined he is apt to commit further sexual violence. And so the court ordered him to be civilly committed, pursuant to the state’s Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207/1-99, in the Rushville Treatment and Detention Facility, a state facility where he is to remain “for control, care and treatment” until he “is no longer a sexually violent person.” See id. 207/40. In this suit under 42 U.S.C. §…