Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Spaulding
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 24, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-40017-DPWPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Lorenzo Garcia presents this amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking conditional release from his civil commitment at FMC Devens and placement in a non-penal setting. He completed his federal criminal sentence in 2003, but has remained civilly committed in federal prison medical centers since that time. In 1991, Mr. Garcia's underlying criminal conviction was imposed in the District of Arizona. In 2003, his civil commitment was ordered in the Western District of Missouri. Since 2004 he has been at FMC Devens within the District of…
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