United States Second Circuit

In a habeas petition seeking release from involuntary confinement in a psychiatric hospital, the denial of the petition is affirmed where the involuntary commitment standard in Kansas v. Crane, 534 U.S. 407 (2002), applies to insanity acquittees, but the New York courts did not unreasonably conclude that petitioner's continued involuntary confinement met the requirements of the due process clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/15/2009
• Published 12/15/2009

Judges

• SESSIONS, District Judge:, Before:  CALABRESI, HALL, Circuit Judges, SESSIONS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Arthur A. Baer, Dennis B. Feld, Mental Hygiene Legal Service, Mineola, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of the State of New York (Alyson J. Gill and Elaine L. Block, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief), New York, NY, for Respondents-Appellees.