Thomas Blackledge v. United States
DueProcess
I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming the civil commitment of petitioner under the Adam Walsh Act where the evidence does not establish by clear and convincing evidence that petitioner has serious difficulty in controlling his behavior, as required by Kansas v. Crane.
II. Whether civil commitment under the Adam Walsh Act based primarily on an individual's private fantasies, without a finding of volitional control, violates due process.
III. Whether the Adam Walsh Act, as applied to commit individuals based on emotional disorders and fantasies without a volitional control finding, is constitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Whether the Adam Walsh Act's civil commitment provisions violate due process by allowing commitment based solely on an individual's private fantasies without a finding of volitional control issues