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U.S. v. CAPORALE

No. 12-6832.

701 F.3d 128 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patrick CAPORALE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dana Lydia Kaersvang , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Lewis A. Thompson, III , Banzet, Thompson & Styers PLLC, Warrenton, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stuart F. Delery , Acting 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.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge WYNN joined.

OPINION

KING, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the judgment of the district court directing that Patrick Caporale be freed from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and granted supervised release. Caporale finished serving his prison sentence for child molestation in 2008, but he has remained incarcerated while the government seeks to have him declared a "sexually dangerous person" pursuant to the civil-commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Child...

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