United States Fourth Circuit

District court's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief, challenging the government's efforts to commit him as a sexually dangerous person under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. section 4248, is vacated and remanded as, the district court should have refrained from exercising jurisdiction over defendant's habeas petition as defendant has failed to exhaust the alternative remedies available for review of his detention in the pending Commitment Action and has failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances sufficient to excuse his failure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 09/21/2010
• Decided 12/06/2010
• Published 12/06/2010

Judges

• TRAXLER

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anisha S. Dasgupta, Kearns Davis