United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's civil commitment for being a sexually violent predator is affirmed over his challenge that the California Sexually Violent Predator Act violates federal due process and equal protection clauses.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/16/2004
• Decided 08/13/2004
• Published 08/13/2004

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: GOODWIN, CANBY, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan Grossman, Santa Clara, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy S. Ruffra, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of the State of California, San Francisco, CA, for the respondents-appellees.