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STATE DEPT. OF STATE HOSPITALS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S215132.

61 Cal.4th 339 (2015)

188 Cal. Rptr. 3d 309

349 P.3d 1013

STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. ELAINA NOVOA, Individually and as Personal Representative, etc., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 1, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Kathleen A. Kenealy, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Kristin G. Hogue, Assistant Attorney General, Richard F. Wolfe,   Joel A. Davis,   Pamela J. Holmes, and Paul F. Arentz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Chris Johnson,   Patrick J. Gregory,   M. Kevin Underhill,   Rachael M. Smith,   Ashley Cornwall and Jared L. Palmer for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

In 2007, Gilton Pitre was paroled from state prison. Before his release, the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) assessed whether he should be civilly committed under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.). Ultimately...

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