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LAXTON v. BARTOW

No. 04-3988.

421 F.3d 565 (2005)

John L. LAXTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Byran BARTOW, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Maroney (argued), Office of the State Public Defender, Madison, WI, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Warren D. Weinstein (argued), Office of the Attorney General Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and KANNE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Petitioner-appellant John L. Laxton was involuntarily committed to a secure mental health facility after a jury found that he was a sexually violent person as defined in the Wisconsin Sexually Violent Person Commitment Statute, Wis. Stat. § 980. Laxton appealed to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and the Wisconsin Supreme Court, both of which affirmed his commitment. He then petitioned for a writ of

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