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U.S. v. WOODEN

No. 11-7226.

693 F.3d 440 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter WOODEN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: September 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ian James Samuel , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Eric Joseph Brignac , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Thomas G. Walker , United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Thomas P. McNamara , Federal Public Defender, G. Alan DuBois , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge TRAXLER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KEENAN joined.

OPINION

TRAXLER, Chief Judge:

Approximately three months before Walter Wooden was to be released from federal prison, the government sought to commit him as a "sexually dangerous person," 18 U.S.C.A. § 4248(a) (West Supp. 2012), under the civil-commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the "Act"), Pub.L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 18 and 42 U.S.C.A.). After an evidentiary...

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