| 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 … |