IN RE DETENTION OF REYES

No. 28167-1-III.

315 P.3d 532 (2013)

176 Wn. App. 821

In re the DETENTION OF Rolando REYES.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

September 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Nielsen , Christopher Gibson , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellant(s).

Jana Ranae Hartman , Brooke Elizabeth Burbank , Assistant Attorney General, Sarah Sappington , Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent(s).


KORSMO, C.J.

¶ 1 Does a litigant have standing to assert the public's right to attend a motion hearing in a civil case where he did not assert his own right to do so? This appeal from a sexually violent predator determination requires us to face this question and others concerning the meaning and scope of art. I, § 10 of our state constitution. We conclude that the provision creates a right of public access to the courts that can be asserted by a litigant...

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