What is the test for bringing a civil action against a defendant in a sexual assault case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Yartz v. Coalinga State Hosp., Case No. 1:17-cv-01305-AWI-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
will not demonstrate the invalidity of any outstanding criminal judgment against the plaintiff, the action should be allowed to proceed, in the absence of some other bar to the suit." 512 U.S. 477, 487 (1994) (footnotes omitted). This rule "applies to SVPA [Sexually Violent Predators Act] detainees with access to habeas relief." Huftile v. Miccio-Fonseca, 410 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2005).
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