adam-walsh-act

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5292 John Charles Volungus v. United States First Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-commitment conditional-release district-court-authority medical-treatment statutory-interpretation 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 …
23-7418 James Dow Vandivere v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act burden-of-proof civil-commitment due-process foucha-v-louisiana judicial-procedure kansas-v-hendricks liberty-interest Whether the lower courts have impermissibly shifted the burden of proof from the Government to a citizen-detainee at a release hearing under the Adam …
22-6332 In Re James Vandivere 2022-12-19 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se-petition Question not identified
22-5028 Damien Dre Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act appeals commerce-clause criminal-procedure district-court federal-kidnapping federal-sentencing guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-guidelines Is a district court's Guidelines error always harmless when the court states that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of the Guidelines…
19-1036 Teresa Ann Waters v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment adam-walsh-act civil-liberties due-process equal-protection federal-funding sex-offender-registration substantive-due-process tier-classification tier-iii-sex-offender Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier III sex offender according to 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c)
19-6632 Samier Patrick Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-guidelines Was petitioner subjected to violations of his Constitutional rights throughout the criminal prosecution?
19-5422 Michael A. Webb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act adam-walsh-child-protection-and-safety-act constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy ineffective-assistance plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
18-5668 Thomas Blackledge v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP adam-walsh-act civil-commitment civil-rights due-process recidivism sexually-dangerous-persons volitional-control Whether the Adam Walsh Act's civil commitment provisions violate due process by allowing commitment based solely on an individual's private fantasies …