Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerald Timms
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2012No. 11-6886, 11-6941PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge MOTZ concurred.
OPINION
AGEE, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals from the judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina dismissing the Government’s action to civilly commit Gerald Wayne Timms as a “sexually dangerous person” under 18 U.S.C. § 4248 (“§ 4248” or “the statute”). The district court held that the statute, as applied to Timms, violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States Constitution.…
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