What is the current state of the law on involuntarily committed people with mental health issues?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Consiglio v. Brown, Case No. 1:16-cv-01268-AWI-SAB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):

(2010)). "[SVPs] are involuntarily committed because their mental disease makes them dangerous to others." Seaton v. Mayberg, 610 F.3d 530, 540 (9th Cir. 2010).

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