Petitioner, whose name was sealed by court order, challenged her civil confinement instituted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 4245(d), which confined her to a mental-health facility after a proceeding in which she was ordered confined based upon a preponderance-of-evidence standard, rather than by “clear and convincing” evidence, or by …

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