Legal Opinion
McGee v. Bartow
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 2010No. 07-3278PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
In 2003, Michael McGee was ordered to be civilly committed as a “sexually violent person” (“SVP”) pursuant to Chapter 980 of the Wisconsin Statutes. After exhausting his state appeals and petitioning unsuccessfully for post-commitment relief in the state courts, he filed a petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, contending that his continued state custody deprives him of his right to due process of law. The district court denied the writ but issued a certificate of appealability on the question. For the…
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