United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit by a plaintiff civilly committed as a sexually violent person, alleging violations of civil rights by state officials for cutting the wages he received for work he performed in the facility, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where the Fair Labor Standards Act does not apply to civilly-committed sexually dangerous persons.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2008
• Published 09/12/2008

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paschall L. Sanders, III (submitted), Winnebago, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.