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& n.2 (Minn. 1995) (addressing evolution of the former “psychopathic personality” to the current “sexual psychopathic personality”).

Id.; (holding that the reasonable-relationship requirement is satisfied if the committed person “is confined for only so long as he or she continues both 10 to need further inpatient treatment and supervision for his .

The application of the statutory criteria for civil commitment must comport with the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, which requires discharge “if no reasonable relation exists between the original reason for commitment and the continued confinement.”

Daywitt argues that the diagnosis of other specified paraphilic disorder is insufficient “to justify continued confinement in an institutional setting.” The supreme court has explained that to satisfy due-process protections, a committed person “must be discharged if no reasonable relation exists between the original reason for commitment and the continued confinement.”

1(b); (noting that “a slight change or improvement in the person’s condition is not sufficient to justify discharge”).

Courts have limited the application of the statutory criteria for civil commitment to comport with the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, requiring discharge “if no reasonable relation exists between the original reason for commitment and the continued confinement.”

He cites caselaw requiring discharge if the original reason for commitment no longer exists, and identifying inability to control behavior as a constitutional prerequisite to ongoing civil commitment, In re Civ.

disorder and to pose a danger to the 9 public.’” -27 (Minn. App. 2020) (alteration in original) ().

There is a general constitutional requirement that “the nature of [a civil ] commitment bear some reasonable relation to th e purpose for which the individual was originally committed.” Call v. Gomez , ( quoting Foucha v. Louisiana, 504 U.S. 71, 79 (1992)).

1(b); Call v. Gomez , (noting that “a slight change or improvement in the person’s condition is not sufficient to justify discharge”).

because of a mental illness withou t due process, which ensures both that the person cannot be confined unless ment ally ill and “‘that the nature and duration of commitment bear some reasona ble relation to the purpose for which the individual is committed.’” (quoting Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715, 738 (1972))

should apply to persons committed as psychopathic personalities.” (quotation omitted).

disorder and to pose a danger to the public.”

H E D O P I N I O N CONNOLLY, Judge Appellant commissioner challenges the decision of the commitment appeal panel (CAP) to grant respondent’s petition for a discharge from his commitment as a sexually dangerous person (SDP), argui ng that the record does not support the CAP’s findings of fact regarding the discharge factors set out in Minn. Stat. § 253D.31 (2018) and Call v. 2 Gomez, d 312 (Minn. 1995).

.” -53 (Minn. App. 2018) (applying Call in a case involving Minn. Stat. § 253D.31 (2016)), review denied (Minn. Apr.

The SVRA states: 1 Benson was committed as what was then known as a “psychopathic personality.” The “psychopathic personality” is the predecessor to the current “s exual psychopathic personality.” & n.2 (Minn. 1995) (addressing evolution of the former “psychopathic personality” to “sexual psychopathic personality”).

Citing to section 253B.03, subd ivision 7, the supreme court explained, “[C]ommitted persons have the right to an individualized written program plan; the right to periodic medical assessments; and the right to p roper care and treatment, best adapted, according to contemporary professional standards, to rendering further confinement unnecessary.” Id.; -19 (Minn. 1995) (“[O]nce a person is committed, his or her due process rig hts are protected through procedural safeguards that include periodic

15, 2019) citing Call v. Gomez , n.2 (Minn. 1995) (discussing evolution of “psychopathic personality” to current “sexual psychopathic personality”).

13 I n Call v. Gomez, the supreme court explicitly held that the discharge criteria are to be applied to “persons committed as psychopathic personalitie s,” (emphasis added).

See Foucha v. Louisiana , 504 U.S. 71 (1992); Call v. Gomez

Call v. Gomez , , 319 (Minn. 1995) 3 ; see In re Commitment of Fugelseth , , 253 (Minn. App. 2018) (applying Call ), review denied (Minn. Apr.

T hey further agree that the supreme court’s applies, Doe 175 v. Columbia Heights Sch.

Minn. Stat. § 253D.31 (2016); (“To justify discharge, the st atutory discharge criteria for persons committed as mentally ill and dangerous to the public re quire a showing that the person is capable of making an acceptable adjustment to open society, is no longer dangerous to the public, and is no longer in need of inpatien

-20 (Minn. 1995) (discussing commitment as a psychopathic personality as remedial rather than puniti ve).

nder the statute requires a finding of volitional impairment and is therefore sufficiently narrowly tailored to satisfy substantive due process standards); In re Linehan (Linehan III), –88 (Minn. 1996) (finding a prior version of the commitment 7 statute remedial in the context of an ex post facto law challenge); –20 (Minn. 1995) (holding that a prior version of the statute was not punitive as was required to sustain a double jeopardy challenge).

not for purposes of preventive detention.”

(“So long as the statutory discharge criteria are applied in such a way that a person subject to commitment ...

596 , 189 L.Ed.2d 486 (1997), aff'd on remand, -20 (Minn.1995) (holding that commitment under the sexually-psychopathic-personality law is remedial because it is for treatment purposes).

Minnesota Sex Offender Program Resident Handbook Attachments A & B (1998); -20 (Minn.1995).