SMITH v. PATAKI

3942. 116457/09.

150 A.D.3d 460 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 03845

54 N.Y.S.3d 388

LEON SMITH et al., Appellants, v. GEORGE PATAKI et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided May 11, 2017.


Plaintiffs represent a putative class of individuals who, while incarcerated, were determined to be Sexually Violent Predators (SVPs) and were committed to State psychiatric facilities pursuant to the state's "SVP Initiative." Plaintiffs assert a variety of claims stemming from their involuntary commitments, including violation of their federal and state constitutional rights to due process and equal protection, unlawful imprisonment...

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