Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit January 8, 2003, 01-3637 (Dennis D. Linehan v. Frank R. Milczark, Sued as Frank Milczark)

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Dennis Linehan filed this petition for habeas corpus seeking release from his civil commitment under the Minnesota Sexually Dangerous Person Act, Minn. Stat. §§ 253B.02, subd. 18c, 253B.18, subds. 2-3, 253B.185 (2002) (SDP Act). The district court

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denied the petition, but issued a certificate of appealability on whether

Kansas v. Hendricks,

521 U.S. 346, 117 S.Ct.