BANDA v. MAIN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CAMDEN VICINAGE JOHN BANDA, : Civ. Action No. 19-11757(RMB) : Petitioner : : v. : OPINION : MERRILL MAIN, PH.D, et al., : : Respondents : : BUMB, United States District Judge This matter comes before the Court upon Respondents’ supplemental answer to Petitioner John Banda’s (“Banda”) amended petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Suppl. Answer, Dkt. No. 8.) Banda is civilly committed in New Jersey as a sexually violent predator, pursuant to the New Jersey Sexually Violent Predators Act (“SVPA”), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 et…