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013637P.pdf   01/08/2003  Dennis Linehan  v.  Frank Milczark
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3637
   District of Minnesota   
   Prisoner case - habeas. Minnesota Supreme Court reasonably 
   applied the clearly established federal law when it reconsidered 
   the standard for civil commitment under the Minnesota 
   Sexually Dangerous Person Act; by requiring a finding of 
   lack of adequate control in relation to a properly diagnosed 
   disorder or dysfunction, as well as findings of past sexual 
   violence and resultant likelihood of future sexually dangerous 
   behavior, before imposing commitment, the state adequately 
   distinguished between the typical recidivist and the dangerous 
   offender and complied with substantive due process 
   requirements; there was sufficient evidence in the trial 
   record to establish prisoner met the standard for continued 
   confinement under the Act.