Legal Opinion
Burgess, Steven J. v. Watters, Steve
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 2006No. 05-1663PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Steven J. Burgess was involuntarily committed to a Wisconsin state mental health facility after a jury found that he was a sexually violent person as defined in Wisconsin’s Sexually Violent Person Commitment Statutes, Wis. Stat. § 980 et seq. (chapter 980). Both the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed the judgment ordering his commitment. After exhausting his state court remedies, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, and the district court denied relief.…
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