United States v. Darrin Maranda

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide when the clock starts on a criminal defendant’s term of supervised release. Ordinarily, the answer is straightforward — supervised release begins once the defendant leaves prison and reenters society. Darrin Mar-anda’s case, however, presents an unusual situation: a defendant who has completed his prison sentence, but who remains in federal custody while he awaits a determination of whether he will be civilly committed pursuant to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. The government argues that because the Adam Walsh Act stayed…