Legal Opinion
Hydrick v. Hunter
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2012No. 03-56712PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a class action by civilly committed persons (“Plaintiffs”) confined at Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, California. Plaintiffs are confined at Atascadero State Hospital under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act. See Cal. Welf. & Inst.Code § 6600 et seq. The Defendants are administrators of the hospital and various state officials who serve in a supervisory capacity. 1
BACKGROUND
In 2002, Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint 2 in federal district court alleging that the conditions of their confinement violate their…
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