Steven Evans v. Linda Sanders, No. 14-2187 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Prisoner case - Civil Commitment. Order denying Section 2241 petition affirmed without comment. [ October 21, 2014
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 14-2187 ___________________________ Steven M. Evans lllllllllllllllllllllPetitioner - Appellant v. Warden Linda Sanders lllllllllllllllllllllRespondent - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield ____________ Submitted: October 7, 2014 Filed: October 22, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Steven Evans appeals the district court s1 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging his civil commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4246. Following careful de novo review, see United States v. Lurie, 207 F.3d 1075, 1076 (8th Cir. 2000), we conclude that Evans s challenges to the lawfulness of his confinement, and particularly his jurisdictional arguments, are meritless. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel s motion to withdraw. ______________________________ ¹The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable David P. Rush, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri. -2-
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