In re Robinson

*249 INTRODUCTION

Appellant Jackie Robinson is a patient at the Department of State Hospitals-Coalinga (DSH-C or hospital) detained under California's Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq. ). He seeks the return of items considered contraband by the DSH-C. Robinson filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking the return of the confiscated items, as well as compensation for any lost or destroyed property.

Following an evidentiary hearing, the court granted Robinson's petition in part and denied the petition in part. The court denied Robinson's petition to the extent he argued the disputed items were improperly seized, but granted the petition on the basis that the indefinite retention of Robinson's property violated Robinson's right to due process. The court ordered the DSH-C to allow Robinson to mail the disputed *477 items, at his own expense, to a party of his own choosing outside the hospital.

On appeal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, Robinson claims the DSH-C should remove the contraband components from the confiscated items and return them to him. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Robinson was adjudicated a…