United States v. Comstock, 08–1224.
Decision Date | 22 June 2009 |
Docket Number | No. 08–1224.,08–1224. |
Citation | 557 U.S. 918,129 S.Ct. 2828 (Mem),174 L.Ed.2d 551 |
Parties | UNITED STATES, petitioner, v. Graydon Earl COMSTOCK, Jr., et al. |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Opinion
Motion of respondents for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted.
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U.S. v. Volungus, 09-1596.
...F.3d 274, 284 (4th Cir.2009) (contra). The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Comstock to resolve this conflict. ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2828, 174 L.Ed.2d 551 (2009). We decide this appeal now, however, because the timing of the Supreme Court's decision is uncertain, the respondent rem......
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U.S. v. Broncheau
...United States v. Comstock, 507 F.Supp.2d 522 (E.D.N.C.2007), aff'd 551 F.3d 274, 280 (4th Cir.2009), cert. granted, ––– U.S. ––––, 129 S.Ct. 2828, 174 L.Ed.2d 551 (2009), another court in this district found section 4248 unconstitutional on the grounds that: (1) the civil commitment of thos......
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State v. Farnsworth
...441 U.S. at 423, 99 S.Ct. 1804;United States v. Comstock, 507 F.Supp.2d 522, 551-553, affd. 551 F.3d 274, cert. granted --- U.S. ----, 129 S.Ct. 2828, 174 L.Ed.2d 551;Mental Hygiene Legal Serv., 2007 WL 4115936, *18-19). We note that in Addington, however, the Supreme Court wrote that, "[u]......
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Timms v. Johns
... ... No. 5:08-HC-2160-BO. United States District Court, ... E.D. North Carolina, Western Division. March ... United States v. Comstock, 507 F.Supp.2d 522 (E.D.N.C.2007), ... aff'd 551 F.3d 274, 280 (4th ... ...
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There Ain't No End for the 'Wicked': Implications of and Recommendations for § 4248 of the Adam Walsh Act After United States v. Comstock
...States v. Comstock, 551 F.3d 274 (4th Cir. 2009), rev’d , 130 S. Ct. 1949 (2010). 45. Id. at 280, 283–85. 46. United States v. Comstock, 129 S. Ct. 2828 (2009). 47. It is worth noting that arguing for the United States was then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who later took Justice Stevens’s......