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THIELMAN v. LEEAN

No. 01-2081.

282 F.3d 478 (2002)

Richard THIELMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph LEEAN, Laura Flood, Jerry Bednarowski, Diane Fergot, Margaret Alexander, Anna Salter, Byran Bartow, Jon Litscher, and James Doyle, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Kennelly (argued), Fox & Fox, Madison, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

James E. Doyle, Joely Urdan (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A Wisconsin law, part of what we will call Chapter 980, defines a sexually violent person as one "who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense ... and who is dangerous because he or she suffers from a mental disorder that makes it substantially probable that the person will engage in acts of sexual violence." Wis. Stat. § 980.01(7). Among other brushes with the criminal law, Richard Thielman was convicted of second degree sexual...

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