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YOUNG v. MURPHY

No. 09-1685.

615 F.3d 59 (2010)

John YOUNG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert MURPHY, Jr., Superintendent, Massachusetts Treatment Center, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Nam-Krane on brief for appellant.

Eva M. Badway, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau, with whom Martha Coakley, Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and BARBADORO, District Judge.

BARBADORO, District Judge.

John Young was civilly committed to the Massachusetts Treatment Center pursuant to Chapter 123A of the Massachusetts General Laws after a state court jury found that he was a "sexually dangerous person." The jury's verdict was affirmed on appeal in state court and Young's habeas corpus petition was rejected by the district court. He argues in this appeal that the jury's verdict violates his Fourteenth Amendment right to substantive due process...

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