U.S. v. WETMORE

No. 11-1626.

700 F.3d 570 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Joel WETMORE, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Mann , by appointment of the court, with whom Mann and Mitchell was on brief for appellant.

Eve A. Piemonte Stacey , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ("Adam Walsh Act"), Pub.L. No. 109-248, tit. III, § 302(4), 120 Stat. 587, 620-22 (codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 4247-4248 (2006)), allows the federal government to seek civil commitment of "sexually dangerous persons" already in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"). Once ordered so committed by a federal court, the person is confined to a treatment facility until its director...

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