Collins v. Scott

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION SIDNEY COLLINS, ) ) Petitioner, ) 19 C 3419 ) vs. ) Judge Gary Feinerman ) GREGG SCOTT, Facility Director of the DHS-TDF, ) ) Respondent. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Sidney Collins, a civil detainee in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services, petitions for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Doc. 1. The Facility Director at Collins’s place of confinement moves to dismiss the petition. Doc. 12. The motion is granted. Background Collins was convicted in 1985 of rape, home…