POOLE v. GOODNO

No. 02-2629.

335 F.3d 705 (2003)

James Robinson POOLE, Petitioner/Appellant, v. Kevin GOODNO, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services, Respondent/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 7, 2003.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Erlinder, argued, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Angela M. Helseth, argued, AAG, St. Paul, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, FAGG and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

James Robinson Poole filed this petition for habeas corpus seeking release from his civil commitment as a Sexual Psychopathic Personality (SPP) and a Sexually Dangerous Person (SDP) under the Minnesota Sexual Psychopathic Personality and Sexually Dangerous Person Acts, Minn.Stat. §§ 253B.02, subds. 18b, 18c; 253B.18, subds. 2, 3; 253B.185 (2002). After denying the petition, the district court...

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