Legal Opinion
Dennis D. Linehan v. Frank R. Milczark, Sued as Frank Milczark
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 8, 2003No. 01-3637PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Linehan filed this petition for habeas corpus seeking release from his civil commitment under the Minnesota Sexually Dangerous Person Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 253B.02, subd. 18c, 253B.18, subds. 2-3, 253B.185 (2002) (SDP Act). The district court 1 denied the petition, but issued a certificate of appealability on whether Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S.Ct. 2072, 138 L.Ed.2d 501 (1997), requires proof of an inability to control one’s behavior in order to commit an individual as a sexually dangerous person. Linehan appeals, arguing that the SDP Act and his civil…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bell v. ConeSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. Probate CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- United States v. WilkinsonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2009
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