In re the Detention of Sease

¶1 — Michael Sease was civilly committed under the Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Act, chapter 71.09 RCW, in 2007. At his show cause hearing in 2013, the trial court concluded that the State had presented prima facie evidence showing Sease still met the definition of an SVP. *32The trial court further concluded that Sease had not established probable cause to believe his condition had so changed that he no longer met the definition of an SVP. Based on the plain language of RCW 71.09.090, and the recent opinion from our Supreme Court In re Personal Restraint of Meirhofer, 182 Wn.2d 632, 343 P.3d…