United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiff's challenge to his confinement under the Sexually Violent Predator Act is dismissed where he did not demonstrate that he had standing to challenge the state court's jurisdiction to order his confinement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/13/2004
• Decided 02/28/2005
• Published 02/28/2005

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David M. Porter, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Craig S. Meyers, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the respondents-appellees.