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U.S. v. WAYDA

No. 19-7754.

966 F.3d 294 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sean Michael WAYDA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ashley Alexandra Cheung , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jaclyn Lee DiLauro , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Abby C. Wright , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. G. Alan DuBois , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Floyd joined.

Six months after a Maryland federal district court declared Sean Wayda ("Appellee") incompetent to stand trial and unable to be restored to competency, the United States Department of Justice (the "Government"), through the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, initiated this civil commitment...

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