Legal Opinion
Tobey v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 29, 2011No. Civil Action No. DKC 10-1358. Criminal No. DKC 03-0151PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DEBORAH K. CHASANOW, District Judge.
A provision of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 empowers the government to certify a person in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons as “sexually dangerous.” 18 U.S.C. § 4248(a). Once certified, the individual must remain incarcerated — even after his originally sentenced prison term has ended — until a district court conducts a hearing. Id. At the hearing, the district court may either discharge or civilly commit the certified individual. Id. § 4248(d). One question generated by this scheme is simple: how does the…
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