Douglas MacKenzie v. Brandon Price

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 18 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DOUGLAS MACKENZIE, No. 22-55991 D.C. No. Petitioner - Appellant, 8:21-cv-01852-VBF-JC v.

MEMORANDUM*

BRANDON PRICE,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Valerie Baker Fairbank, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted February 13, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: WALLACE, GRABER, and BUMATAY, Circuit Judges

Appellant Douglas MacKenzie appeals from the district court’s dismissal of

his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C. § 2241. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. MacKenzie is in pre-trial detention in a California hospital,

awaiting his civil commitment trial under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Act

(“SVPA”) to determine whether he is “currently” likely to “engage in sexually

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. 1 violent criminal behavior.” Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code…