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U.S. v. COMSTOCK

No. 08-1224.

130 S.Ct. 1949 (2010)

560 U.S. 126

UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Grayson Earl COMSTOCK, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the petitioner.

G. Alan Dubois for the respondents.

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

Robert A. Long, Jr., Ann O'Connell, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas P. McNamara, Fed. Pub. Def., G. Alan DuBois, Jane E. Pearce, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defenders, Eric J. Brignac, Lauren Brennan, Raleigh, NC, Counsel for Respondents.

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Tony West, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor Gen., Curtis E. Gannon, Asst. to the Solicitor Gen., Mark B. Stern, Samantha L. Chaifetz, Washington, D.C.

Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A federal civil-commitment statute authorizes the Department of Justice to detain a mentally ill, sexually dangerous federal prisoner beyond the date the prisoner would otherwise be released. 18 U.S.C. § 4248. We have previously examined similar statutes enacted under state law to determine whether they violate the Due Process Clause. See Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346

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