in Re Commitment of Lonnie Kade Welsh

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-21-00303-CV __________________ IN RE COMMITMENT OF LONNIE KADE WELSH __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 15-01-00659-CV __________________________________________________________________ OPINION The Texas statute authorizing the State to civilly commit sexually violent predators (the SVP statute) gives individuals committed to treatment the right to file an unauthorized petition for release “on a…