Legal Opinion
United States v. Sean Francis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2012No. 12-1205PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
This case began with the government’s initiation of civil commitment proceedings against Sean R. Francis. The government certified that Francis, who had numerous criminal convictions based on his repeated conduct of placing threatening and obscene telephone calls, was a “sexually dangerous person,” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 4248. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the district court determined that Francis was not eligible…
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