TAFT v. IOWA DIST. COURT

No. 11-1714.

828 N.W.2d 309 (2013)

David TAFT, Plaintiff, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT for LINN COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Mears of Mears Law Office, Iowa City, for plaintiff.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, and John B. McCormally , Assistant Attorney General, for defendant.


HECHT, Justice.

A person detained by the State as a sexually violent predator sought a final hearing on his request for discharge or for placement in a transitional release program. In this petition for writ of certiorari, we are asked to decide whether the district court erred in denying the request for a final hearing. We annul the writ.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Taft was arrested in December...

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