Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Illinois Department of Corrections Special Evaluation Unit
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 14, 2001No. 00 C 0137PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNELLY, District Judge.
All but two of the plaintiffs in this lawsuit are civil detainees held in the “Sexually Violent Persons Units” at either the Sheridan Correctional Center in Sheridan, Illinois, or the Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois; the other two plaintiffs, Dothan Rogers and Sebron Floyd, were civil detainees at the time the lawsuit was filed but now are in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs are or were detained under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, 725 ILCS 207/1 et seq., after a court found…
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