Allison v. Snyder.

• Position: CIVIL RIGHTS - Case regarding self incrimination - Brief Article

U.S. Appeals Court

SEX OFFENDER

DUE PROCESS

SELF-INCRIMINATION

Allison v. Snyder, 332 F.3d 1076 (7th Cir. 2003). Persons who were civilly confined under the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act brought a [section] 1983 action seeking damages and injunctive relief, alleging that the Act was implemented in an unconstitutional manner. The district court denied the defendants' motion for summary judgment and they appealed. The appeals court reversed, finding that persons civilly confined under the Act could be placed in a state prison and subjected to the prison's rules, without violating due process. The court also found that a sex offender group therapy program for...