No. 25-5292

John Charles Volungus v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: adam-walsh-act civil-commitment conditional-release district-court-authority medical-treatment statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) permits district courts to impose additional conditions of release beyond medical treatment compliance or only allow release conditioned on treatment compliance

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) and other federal mental health statutes, which authorize the conditional release of a civilly committed persons under a prescribed "regimen of medical, psychiatric, or psychological care or treatment," permit district courts to impose additional, conditions of release or whether, as the Eleventh Circuit has held, they only permit the district court to condition release upon treatment compliance. 2. Whether a district court has statutory or inherent authority under the Adam Walsh Act or Title 18 to require a civilly committed person, upon conditional discharge, to pay part or all of the costs of mandated treatment, monitoring, or other release conditions, in the absence of specific statutory authorization. i

Docket Entries

2025-12-08
Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U. S. C. §455(b)(3) and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior government employment).
2025-11-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-05
Brief of United States in opposition submitted.
2025-11-05
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2025-09-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 5, 2025.
2025-09-29
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-09-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-08-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 6, 2025.
2025-08-28
Motion of United States for an extension of time submitted.
2025-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 5, 2025 to October 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)

Attorneys

John Volungus
Ian GoldLaw Office of Ian Gold, Petitioner
Ian GoldLaw Office of Ian Gold, Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent