Legal Opinion
Swanson v. Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 17, 2007No. 05-0845PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Justice.
In this appeal, Robert Swanson, a patient in the Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders (CCUSO), seeks a ruling that the district court erred in denying his petition for judicial review. He claims he meets the definition of an “aggrieved person” under Iowa Code chapter 17A (2003) and that to deny him a contested case hearing violates his due process rights. Because we agree with the district court that Swanson is not an aggrieved person under chapter 17A and to deny him a contested case hearing does not violate his due process rights, we affirm the judgment of the…
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