United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a motion to dismiss a class action alleging constitutional violations brought by persons civilly committed and awaiting commitment in a state hospital pursuant to California's Sexually Violent Predators Act is reversed in part where defendants had qualified immunity from suit on plaintiffs' Ex Post Facto, Double Jeopardy, and Eighth Amendment claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2005
• Decided 06/01/2006
• Published 06/01/2006

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HARRY PREGERSON and STEPHEN S. TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Randall R. Murphy, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Kathryn M. Davis, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.