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John Charles Volungus v. United States
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, No. 23-1684 · judgment April 15, 2025
Questions presented
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Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) and other federal mental health statutes, which authorize the conditional release of a civilly committed persons under a prescribed "regimen of medical, psychiatric, or psychological care or treatment," permit district courts to impose additional, non-treatment-related conditions of release or whether, as the Eleventh Circuit has held, they only permit the district court to condition release upon treatment compliance.
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Whether a district court has statutory or inherent authority under the Adam Walsh Act or Title 18 to require a civilly committed person, upon conditional discharge, to pay part or all of the costs of mandated treatment, monitoring, or other release conditions, in the absence of specific statutory authorization.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ian Gold
Law Office of Ian Gold
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 08 2025Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. See 28 U. S. C. §455(b)(3) and Code of Conduct for Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, Canon 3B(2)(e) (prior government employment).
- Nov 19 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 05 2025Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
- Sep 30 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including November 5, 2025.
- Sep 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to November 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 29 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 6, 2025.
- Aug 28 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 5, 2025 to October 6, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 14 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 5, 2025)