Hubbs v. Alamao.U.S. District Court PRIVACY RECORDS Hubbs v. Alamao, 360 F.Supp.2d 1073 (C.D.Cal. 2005). A person who had been civilly confined at a state hospital as a sexually violent predator Some U.S. states have laws which give a special status for criminals designated as sexually violent predators, which allows these offenders to be held in state run in-custody mental institutions after their sentence is complete if they are considered to be a risk to the public. (SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul ) brought a pro se [section] 1983 action alleging violation of his constitutional rights. The district court held that the plaintiff's right to privacy was not violated when the defendants reviewed his medical records when assessing whether he was a sexually violent predator. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the state had a compelling government interest in identifying, confining and treating SVPs that outweighed the plaintiff's right to privacy in his medical records. The court found that the plaintiff's civil conspiracy and equal protection claims were barred because they implied the invalidity of his commitment. (Atascadero State Hospital History Atascadero State Hospital is located on the central coast of California, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It is an all-male, maximum-security facility, that has patients from all over the state. , California) |
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