Ronald Taylor v. San Diego County

OPINION

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, Ronald Taylor (Taylor) seeks federal habeas corpus relief from a state-court order committing him indefinitely for involuntary treatment as a sexually violent predator, in accordance with California law. Two issues were certified for appeal by a motions panel of this Court. The first issue is whether Califor nia’s Sexually Violent Predator Act violates the Equal Protection Clause because it contains release procedures that are more onerous than those placed on other civilly committed detainees. The second is whether the statute violates the…