Brown v. Commonwealth

Botsford, Margot, J.

The plaintiff Edward Brown is confined to the treatment center at Bridgewater for sexually dangerous persons (the treatment center).1 He was adjudicated a sexually dangerous person (SDP) in 1984, and has been at the treatment center since that time. He has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, and several connected motions. He asserts that he is unlawfully confined at this time, and is entitled to immediate relief. The Commonwealth opposes the plaintiffs habeas corpus petition as well as his other motions. After hearing, and for the reasons stated below, the petition…