· 9/12/2008
Sanders v. Hayden
Citations
- 544 F.3d 812
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 19984
- 2008 WL 4206842
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the FLSA does not apply to a civil detainee committed as a sexually violent person under Wisconsin law
- explaining that when a “secure treatment facility” requires civilly committed persons to work, “it is to offset some of the cost of keeping them . . .”
- extending Vanskike to people “confined civilly as a sexually violent person”
- extending Vanskike to people “confined civilly as a sexually violent person”
- civilly committed individuals are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act and cannot pursue claims against a detention facility for sub-minimum wages
- \Prison and jail inmates are not covered by the FLSA.\
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Wood
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