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Civil Commitment Must be Challenged through Commitment Proceedings Instead of Habeas Corpus

Loaded on May 15, 2012 by Brandon Sample published in Prison Legal News May, 2012, page 47
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sentencing, Habeas Corpus, Civil Commitment, Federal Legislation. Location: North Carolina.
A federal prisoner challenging his or her civil commitment detention under the Adam Walsh Act (Act) as a “sexually dangerous person” may not resort to habeas corpus for such challenges, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on December 6, 2010. Following remand and another appeal, all …

 

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