Rabuck v. Superior Court

Opinion

FYBEL, J.

Introduction

Ross Rabuck is the subject of a commitment petition filed pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act, Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600 et seq. (SVPA). In March 2012, the respondent court, pursuant to section 6602, found probable cause to believe Rabuck met the criteria for commitment as a sexually violent predator.

By this petition for writ of mandate or prohibition, Rabuck challenges the respondent court’s decision to receive in evidence at the probable cause healing two evaluation reports prepared in 2011 by psychologists appointed to evaluate him…