United States Seventh Circuit

State treatment center defendants were not entitled to qualified immunity to due process claims in a section 1983 suit by detainees deemed "sexually violent predators" and subject to civil commitment under Wisconsin Statutes ch. 980.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/23/2003
• Decided 06/20/2003
• Published 06/20/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kristin M. Kerschensteiner (argued), Wisconsin Coalitioln for Advocacy, Madison, WI, for plaintiffs-appellees., Jody J. Schmelzer (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for defendants-appellants.