Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilkinson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 20, 2009No. Civ. 07-12061-MLWPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY
In February, 2007, Steven Wilkinson was concluding a federal sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm which he began serving in 1991. The day before he was to be released from federal custody and turned over to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for detention due to a parole violation, the Bureau of Prisons certified Wilkinson as a sexually dangerous person under the pertinent provisions of the then new Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the “Adam Walsh Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 4248. The Bureau of Prison’s certification…
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