Young

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Andre Young (“Young”) has been civilly committed under Washington’s Sexually Violent Predator (“SVP”) statute since his criminal sentence expired in 1990. Young appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants regarding his civil complaint, which alleged his rights were violated under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , the Eighth Amendment, and the Fourteenth Amendment because of his temporary detention in the King County Correctional Facility (“KCCF”) during his civil commitment hearings and reviews.

On May 10, 2002, Young filed pro se an informal brief, apparently claiming ineffective assistance of counsel and lack of jurisdiction to detain him under Washington’s SVP statute. The defendants believed that Young had also raised an Eighth Amendment issue, a challenge to the detention as King County policy, and an appeal regarding dismissal of Young’s state claims. On August 7, 2002, appointed counsel filed a new brief for Young, claiming King County had violated Young’s due process and equal protection rights and arguing that the statute of limitations did not bar Young’s claims. We affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment on…