Jan. 20, 2026
Court rejects sexually violent predator's federal due process claims
Jacob Payne was confined for over a decade as a sexually violent predator, but federal court says he cannot relitigate arguments already addressed in state court, despite a jury ultimately releasing him.
A federal judge has ruled against a man held in civil confinement for more than a decade as a sexually violent predator -- even though a jury eventually released him.
Because U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe ruled on procedural grounds, Jacob Payne's case did not end up being the constitutional test of California's civil confinement laws. But the timeline serves as a cautionary tale that it can be difficult to get courts to rule on the merits of SVP detentions, e...
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