SWANSON v. CCUSO

No. 05-0845.

737 N.W.2d 300 (2007)

Robert SWANSON, Appellant, v. CIVIL COMMITMENT UNIT FOR SEX OFFENDERS (CCUSO) and Iowa Department of Human Services, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Matthew S. Sheeley, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Mark Hunacek, Deputy Attorney General, for appellees.


WIGGINS, Justice.

In this appeal, Robert Swanson, a patient in the Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders (CCUSO), seeks a ruling that the district court erred in denying his petition for judicial review. He claims he meets the definition of an "aggrieved person" under Iowa Code chapter 17A (2003) and that to deny him a contested case hearing violates his due process rights. Because we agree with the district court that Swanson is not an aggrieved person under...

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