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JACKSON v. CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF MENTAL

No. 03-17068.

399 F.3d 1069 (2005)

Vashon Tyrone JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH; John DeMorales, Executive Director; California Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 28, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Porter, Assistant Federal Defender, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Craig S. Meyers, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the respondents-appellees.

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

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jackson challenges California's jurisdiction to confine him under its Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). Before he filed his federal habeas petition, his SVPA confinement term expired, and he voluntarily recommitted himself. We consider whether he had standing to bring this challenge.

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California's SVPA, see Cal. Welf. & Inst.Code § 6600 et seq., allows the state to confine particularly...

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