Carl Gilbert, Jr. v. Deborah McCulloch

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This petition for a writ of habeas corpus involves an individual with a pending civil commitment petition who violates his parole and receives a prison sentence for that violation. Carl C. Gilbert, Jr. had his parole revoked twice after he violated the conditions of his parole on two separate occasions. These violations occurred while a civil commitment petition was pending against him. At the trial on that petition, a jury found Gilbert to be a sexually violent person, and the court entered a civil commitment order. But because Gilbert was sentenced to prison after…