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U.S. v. SHIELDS

No. 09-1330.

649 F.3d 78 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Jeffrey SHIELDS, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith H. Mizner , Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant.

Samantha L. Chaifetz , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, and Mark B. Stern , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and WOODCOCK, District Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Jeffrey Shields was convicted in 2002 by a federal court for possession of child pornography. In 2006, a day before his scheduled release from custody, the Bureau of Prisons filed a petition in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts to have Shields civilly committed as a "sexually dangerous person" under the authority of 18 U.S.C. § 4248. After a tenday bench trial with an advisory jury, during which the court heard evidence...

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