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U.S. v. BELL

No. 17-6627.

884 F.3d 500 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Kaylan Jay BELL, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 12, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jaclyn Lee DiLauro , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Christopher Michael Anderson , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Louis C. Allen , Acting Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, G. Norman Acker, III , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the opinion in which Judge Niemeyer and Senior Judge Shedd joined.

Under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (the "Act"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 4247-4248, the government may civilly commit a "sexually dangerous person" to the custody of the Attorney General upon the expiration of the person's prison sentence if the government proves by clear and convincing evidence that...

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