In Re Application For Relief From Personal Restraint Of Herman Ross Paschke

THOMPSON, J. --Herman Ross Paschke seeks relief from personal restraint imposed following the superior court's determination he is a sexually violent predator. See RCW 71.09, Washington's Sexually Violent Predators Act. Mr. Paschke challenges the court's use of his prior convictions to support its determination. He contends those convictions are invalid because he pleaded guilty without knowing the State later would use them to support his confinement under the Act. He also raises numerous other issues, including whether RCW 71.09 and the conditions of his confinement thereunder violate his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.