Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick Caporale
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2012No. 12-6832PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals the judgment of the district court directing that Patrick Caporale be freed from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and granted supervised release. Caporale finished serving his prison sentence for child molestation in 2008, but he has remained incarcerated while the government seeks to have him declared a “sexually dangerous person” pursuant to the civil-commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the “Walsh Act”), Pub.L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, as specifically set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 4248.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
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