Jul 8, 2010
Suit Against Ex-Governor Over Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Plan Is Upheld
Former New York Gov. George Pataki and other officials can be sued for the involuntary civil commitment of violent sexual predators without notice or a hearing upon the completion of their prison terms, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Jed Rakoff found that the defendants are not shielded by qualified immunity for their actions, adding that Pataki’s Sexual Violent Predator Initiative ran afoul of U.S