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No. 13-7528
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:10-hc-02124-BO)
Submitted:
Before GREGORY
Circuit Judge.
and
WYNN,
Decided:
Circuit
Judges,
and
July 9, 2014
DAVIS,
Senior
PER CURIAM:
Peter
M.
Ebel
appeals
the
district
courts
order
Child
Protection
and
Safety
Act
of
2006
(Adam
Walsh
and affirm.
The Adam Walsh Act allows for the civil commitment of
a sexually dangerous person following the expiration of his
federal
prison
sentence.
In
order
to
civilly
commit
an
and
convincing
evidence
that
the
individual:
(1)
has
to
sexual
among
dangerousness,
reasonable
it
is
interpretations
for
the
of
the
expert
psychiatrists
and
psychologists.).
The
serious
individuals
volitional
impairment,
which
impacts
the
omitted).
Ebel
asserts
three
constitutional
challenges
to
his
prisoners;
(2)
4248
levies
an
unconstitutional
criminal
evidence
presented
by
the
government
and
ignored
that
in
the
district
court
erred
finding
credible
the
testimony,
we
are
determinations.
especially
reluctant
to
set
aside
its
Cir. 2014).
Ebel
conceded
below
that
he
previously
engaged
in
18
U.S.C.
of
4247(a)(6),
experts
and
the
4248.
value
of
Evaluating
their
the
opinions
is
credibility
a
function
best
previously
risk
of
explained,
recidivism
in
the
evaluating
district
Further, as we have
particular
court
may
rely
individuals
on
actuarial
and
thinking
errors
about
the
appropriateness
of
440,
Because
462
(4th
Cir.
2012).
these
are
precisely
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
aid
the
the
materials
decisional
process.
AFFIRMED