adam-walsh-act
8 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5292 | John Charles Volungus v. United States | First Circuit | 2025-08-06 | Denied | IFP | adam-walsh-act civil-commitment conditional-release district-court-authority medical-treatment statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) and other federal mental health statutes, which authorize the conditional release of a civilly committed persons under … |
| 23-7418 | James Dow Vandivere v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-05-08 | Denied | IFP | adam-walsh-act burden-of-proof civil-commitment due-process foucha-v-louisiana judicial-procedure kansas-v-hendricks liberty-interest | Whether in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Comstock, 560 U.S. 126 (2010) authorizing civil commitments pursuant to the Ad… |
| 22-6332 | In Re James Vandivere | 2022-12-19 | Denied | IFP | adam-walsh-act civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus necessary-and-proper-clause pro-se-petition | 1. Is Petitioner entitled to immediate Requested Relief when the originating party offers no claim(s) of De facto injury, presents no "Case " or "Co… | |
| 22-5028 | Damien Dre Gonzales v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2022-07-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adam-walsh-act appeals commerce-clause criminal-procedure district-court federal-kidnapping federal-sentencing guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-guidelines | IL Is a district court's Guidelines error always harmless when the court states that it would have imposed the same sentence regardless of the Guideli… |
| 19-1036 | Teresa Ann Waters v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. | Fifth Circuit | 2020-02-19 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment adam-walsh-act civil-liberties due-process equal-protection federal-funding sex-offender-registration substantive-due-process tier-classification tier-iii-sex-offender | 1. Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier III sex offender according to 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c). 2. Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier I sex offender according to Adam W… |
| 19-6632 | Samier Patrick Clark v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-11-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adam-walsh-act civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-guidelines | Was petitioner subjective to violations of his Constitutional rights throughout the course of his criminal prosecution? Was petitioner subjective to … |
| 19-5422 | Michael A. Webb v. United States | Fifth Circuit | 2019-07-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adam-walsh-act adam-walsh-child-protection-and-safety-act constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy ineffective-assistance plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines | Was petitioner, Michael A. Webb, subjective to ineffective assistance of counsel or deficient representation by defense counsel in a prosecution? Was… |
| 18-5668 | Thomas Blackledge v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2018-08-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | adam-walsh-act civil-commitment civil-rights due-process recidivism sexually-dangerous-persons volitional-control | 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 … |